Post-Acute, Labs, Imaging On Short List To Pay For SGR Patch

Post-Acute, Labs, Imaging On Short List To Pay For SGR Patch-insidehealthpolicy: Post-acute care services, clinical laboratory tests and advanced imaging are on the short list of health care sectors being targeted to pay for overriding scheduled pay cuts for physician services under Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate formula, several lobbyists said. The SGR-patch bill also might include a measure, taken from the House's SGR-replacement bill, to give doctors guidelines on when to order imaging procedures.