House W&M GOP Float Plan For Permanent 'Doc Fix'

House W&M GOP Float Plan For Permanent 'Doc Fix'-insidehealthpolicy: House Ways and Means Committee Republicans are floating a multi-phase plan to permanently replace the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate physician payment formula with a system that rewards doctors who provide quality and efficient care. The plan, obtained by Inside Health Policy, calls for fully repealing the SGR and freezing payments for a set period of time, noting that freezing payments for 10 years is estimated to cost $245 billion, accompanied by reforms that would not increase the deficit.