tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 6

Physician Note: New Legislation Aims to Reform SGR System

Plus: DOJ nails nurse who submits claims even though facility is closed for snow day. Every year, physicians bite their nails at the end of December, waiting to find out whether Congress will vote to reverse the massive Medicare cuts that are projected annually, thanks to the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula that the government uses to set payment rates. But could next year be different? If two legislators are successful, it could be. Representatives Joe Heck, DO (R-NV) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) introduced the Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act on Feb. 6 to offer a new alternative to...

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