tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 18

Physician Notes: Congress Hears AMA Plea to Consider Physician Payment Reform

Plus: Use CMS resources to ensure you're ready for new 5010 standards.Congress may have passed a one-year Medicare payment fix for 2011, but that doesn't mean your payment woes are permanently gone. Physicians are still facing potential steep cuts for 2012, and the AMA wants lawmakers to fix those issues before they happen.AMA President Cecil B. Wilson, MD testified before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee on May 5 to recommend a repeal of the current payment formula (the sustainable growth rate, or SGR) and implementation of a five-year period of stable Medicare payments, followed by...

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