tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 11

Physician Notes: Proposed 'Doc Fix' Could See Congressional Vote

As most Part B practices know, you’ll face a 21 percent reimbursement cut on April 1 if Congress doesn’t vote to override it. Although most analysts expect you to get a reprieve to the cut, it appears that legislators may finally be poised to fix the Medicare payment formula instead of continuing to offer temporary fixes to the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) issue. At press time, lawmakers were working across party lines to secure passage of legislation that would eliminate the SGR formula for Medicare physician payment once and for all. Congress has passed 17 SGR &ldquo...

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