CBO Releases New Doc Fix Bill Estimates
On Friday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released cost estimates for two bills to permanently replace the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)...
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Keep the War Gimmick Out of Doc Fix Discussions
The war savings gimmick is back! As the debate over how to offset a permanent "doc fix" to Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate formula heats...
3-Month SGR Fix Proposed
With the end of the year fast-approaching and the looming prospect of a 24 percent cut to Medicare physician payments on January 1, the House of...
SGR Discussion Draft Coming Together
The Senate Finance and House Ways & Means Committees, last week, released a bipartisan, bicameral discussion draft of a proposal to permanently...
SGR Bill a Good Start but More Can Be Done for Less
The Congressional Budget Office, on Friday, estimated that the Energy & Commerce Committee’s (E&C) bill to permanently replace the flawed...
A More Detailed Physician Payment Reform Proposal
After releasing a broad physician payment reform draft, the House Energy and Commerce Committee has released a more fleshed out framework to replace...
Energy and Commerce Dips Its Toe Into the SGR Pool
Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee took a small step in the process to replace the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula -- Medicare's...
MedPAC: The Time is Now for SGR Repeal
We've discussed many times before the important role entitlement reform plays in addressing our long-term debt. As the baby boomer generation...
Prospects for a Permanent Doc Fix Improve
A popular secondary story from the newest CBO baseline centers on the "doc fix," the patch that prevents a large cut to physician payments...
Doc Fix Cost Rises
In recent weeks, we’ve heard a lot of talk about the fiscal cliff, but little of it has focused on one piece that has caused headaches for...