SGR Discussion Draft Freezes Pay With Opportunities For Bonuses

SGR Discussion Draft Freezes Pay With Opportunities For Bonuses-insidehealthpolicy: The Senate Finance and House Ways & Means committees released an SGR discussion draft Wednesday (Oct. 30) that would freeze doctor pay for 10 years but pay bonuses for good performance, or until 2021 physicians could receive a 5 percent pay increase for participating in "two-sided risk" alternative pay models, including accountable care organizations. That 5 percent bonus would be on top of shared savings that providers stand to earn from those ACOs, according to a copy of the draft obtained by Inside Health Policy.