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AMA Acts on Medicare Payment as Congress Considers Legislation
In response to news from Capitol Hill that a legislative proposal was in play to end the much-derided sustainable growth rate (SGR) component of the Medicare payment formula, the AMA voted during its recent Interim Meeting in Washington, D.C., to continue advocating for repeal of the SGR, while upholding the AMA’s principles of pay-for-performance, which were adopted in 2005 (Psychiatric News, July 15, 2005). Read more…
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