Long-sought Medicare change could help local doctors, patients
The U.S. Congress is closer than ever to fixing a federal reimbursement crisis that every year around the holidays threatens to cut Medicare payments to doctors by about 25 percent. The legislative fix would eliminate Medicare’s formula for controlling spending. Known as the sustainable growth rate, or SGR, the formula calls for yearly reductions in Medicare payments despite skyrocketing costs of providing health care…Read More
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