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Television Ad Campaign Targets SGR; Physicians and Patients Urged to Call Congress
A multi-million dollar television and radio advertising campaign launched by the AMA on Friday, October 7, 2011, is urging physicians and their patients to tell members of Congress that now […]
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MedPAC Votes to Repeal the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate; Physicians Not Happy with Alternative Proposal
By a vote of 15-2, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted Thursday to repeal the controversial sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula used to set Medicare physician reimbursement fees.
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MedPAC Offers Savings Plan to Offset Cost of SGR Repeal But Physicians Remain Concerned as NCMS Keeps Watch
On Tuesday MedPAC posted draft recommendations aimed at offsetting the budgetary costs of repealing the SGR.
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NCMS Among Organizations Asking Deficit Reduction Committee To Repeal the SGR
The North Carolina Medical Society joined dozens of national and state physician organizations on Thursday in asking the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to include a repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula in its final legislation.
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Breaking News: MedPAC Addresses SGR Issue
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is considering a proposal to address the sustainable growth rate (SGR) used to determine physician Medicare reimbursement fees.
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NCMS Addresses Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule for 2012
The NCMS this week commented on the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule for calendar year 2012.
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Debt Doomsday Averted, But Where Does That Leave Health Care?
Just hours before a midnight deadline Tuesday, Congress passed legislation that raised the federal debt ceiling, avoiding a default that would have far-reaching consequences, including the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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NCMS Urges National Leaders to Fix the Broken Medicare Physician Payment Formula
The North Carolina Medical Society joined the AMA and 111 other state and medical specialty societies this week in sending a letter to the president, vice president and congressional leaders […]
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NCMS Advocates for Repeal of SGR, and Truth and Transparency in Health Care Delivery
The North Carolina Medical Society has joined with dozens of physician organizations in calling on Congress to repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula used to determine Medicare physician reimbursement.
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Figures Show Impact of Legislation Averting 2011 Medicare SGR Cuts
See the estimated total impact for NC physicians from averting the cuts.
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