Congress Grapples With Primary Care Pay

Congress Grapples With Primary Care Pay-medpagetoday: WASHINGTON -- Some Democratic lawmakers have expressed interest in extending the pay increases for primary care physicians in Medicare and Medicaid that are temporarily in effect under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The measure to continue the pay increases -- which could come in legislation that repeals Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) payment formula -- faces a tough battle as a budget-conscious Congress works to keep an SGR repeal price tag low