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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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Moving Medicine Forward in North Carolina
Editor’s Note: The AMA requested that the following article by AMA President Peter W. Carmel, MD, be included in our weekly communication to NCMS members. As the nation’s largest physician organization, the […]
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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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CMS Statement on Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the following statement today: President Obama Signs the Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010 On Wednesday, December 15, 2010, President Obama […]
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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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Medicare Physician Payment Cut Delayed Until January 1, 2011
By a voice vote, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Tuesday that provided a 31-day reprieve from the 23 percent Medicare physician payment cut that had been scheduled to take effect on December 1.
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SGR Fix Requires Physicians to Take Action
Unless Congress acts, Medicare will cut physician payments 23 percent effective December 1, 2010. The NCMS and many physician groups continue to urge Congressional leaders to avert a Medicare crisis by stopping the cuts and by finding a permanent fix to the SGR problem.
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