Just look at the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. The SGR was created many years ago as a means to force Medicare doctors to become more efficient. The idea was, ...

Without question, the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) is one of the biggest challenges facing the Medicare system to date, and Congress’ failure to pass a permanent fix to SGR has had considerable ...

(HealthDay News) — Recently adopted legislation has repealed the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, according to a report published by the American Medical Association (AMA). Following years ...

Congress can never seem to solve the conundrum that is the Sustainable Growth Rate formula used to calculate the rates the Medicare program pays physicians. It's an issue that the legislative body ...

MedPAC Approves Plan To Overhaul Formula for Medicare Pay Rates. On Thursday, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission voted 15-2 to approve its $220 billion plan to replace the sustainable growth ...

Much of the legislative discussion will focus on the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. The SGR was enacted as part of the Balanced Budget Act in 1997 as a mechanism to update yearly Medicare ...

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted 243 to 183 yesterday in favor of a bill that would permanently repeal and replace the Medicare physician payment formula. “This vote is an ...

Washington, D.C. — Today, Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, issued the following reaction to the release of the bipartisan Senate-House framework for ...