New Cast Of Lawmakers Might Reshape SGR-Replacement Deal In 2015

New Cast Of Lawmakers Might Reshape SGR-Replacement Deal In 2015-insidehealthpolicy: When the 17th SGR patch expires next year, it's possible that this year's ballyhooed bicameral, bipartisan deal on a replacement for the Sustainable Growth Rate formula will be renegotiated because there will be a new cast of lawmakers in charge of the legislation and the Republicans might control the Senate, lobbyists say. Also, if the price of reforming Medicare physician reimbursement goes up, the perennial problem of paying for it will get worse.