Questions Loom On Bonus Structure As House GOP Floats Updated 'Doc Fix'-insidehealthpolicy: Some 80 percent of physicians likely would need to be eligible for bonuses to get provider groups to support legislation replacing the Sustainable Growth Rate formula, Rep. Mike Burgess (R-TX) told Inside Health Policy on Wednesday (April 3) as House Republicans floated an updated version of their “doc fix.” The GOP plan is to cut the SGR's base pay rate and give bonuses to physicians who meet as-yet determined performance goals to make up for that cut, he said, but questions remain on how the bonus system would be set up. Burgess also noted that the legislative outline does not prohibit doctors from charging seniors more for Medicare services, which has been called “balance billing” but which Burgess calls “fair billing.”
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Questions Loom On Bonus Structure As House GOP Floats Updated 'Doc Fix'
Questions Loom On Bonus Structure As House GOP Floats Updated 'Doc Fix'-insidehealthpolicy: Some 80 percent of physicians likely would need to be eligible for bonuses to get provider groups to support legislation replacing the Sustainable Growth Rate formula, Rep. Mike Burgess (R-TX) told Inside Health Policy on Wednesday (April 3) as House Republicans floated an updated version of their “doc fix.” The GOP plan is to cut the SGR's base pay rate and give bonuses to physicians who meet as-yet determined performance goals to make up for that cut, he said, but questions remain on how the bonus system would be set up. Burgess also noted that the legislative outline does not prohibit doctors from charging seniors more for Medicare services, which has been called “balance billing” but which Burgess calls “fair billing.”
