Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Doctors Call For Rebasing Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) - WSJ Health Blog

Doctors Call For Rebasing Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) - WSJ Health Blog: "Every year or so, we hear that some big Medicare pay cuts for doctors are on the way. Almost every time, Congress swoops in at the last minute to block the cuts. Leaders of the AMA and other big doctor groups have been in Congress lately asking for a change to the underlying system that keeps creating these near misses."