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Providers praise proposed SGR repeal, fee-for-service phase out
A proposed House bill would permanently repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, preventing a 30 percent Medicare pay cut in 2013, and would phase out fee-for-service payments. The Medicare
Medicare uses flawed data to pay hospitals, docs
Although Medicare uses geographic adjustment factors to ensure payments to hospitals and doctors accurately reflect their costs of providing care, the data sources and methods used for making those
GOP may try to defund part of reform for Medicare fix
Republicans may float proposals to defund the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and use the money to pay physicians extra to pay for Medicare patients, Politico reports. Senate Republicans
AMA chides Congress on SGR
The American Medical Association has again taken Congress to task for the way it deals with potential cuts in Medicare payments to physicians, and has asked for a long-term solution to address the
Physicians to lobby hard on pending Medicare cut
Groups representing the nation's medical doctors are expected to lobby Congress hard when it reconvenes in November regarding cuts in Medicare reimbursements as high as 30 percent that will take
Florida doctors slam AMA leaders
The Florida Medical Association sent a letter of "no confidence" to the American Medical Association on Tuesday after the AMA endorsed healthcare reform, but failed to get action on top priorities
Bundled payment schemes may require new physician comp models
In theory, value-based purchasing depends primarily on the ability of a larger organization to align the incentives and goals of varied parties. At a place like the Mayo Clinic, an employer could go
