News & Analysis as of

Physician Medicare Reimbursements Physician SGR Formula

McGuireWoods LLP

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on

On Oct. 8, the House Republican caucus did not select a candidate for Speaker of the House and selection has been delayed. The current Speaker, John Boehner (R-OH), had announced that he would step down and retire from...more

Benesch

Medicare Part B Reimbursement After the SGR Repeal

Benesch on

On April 16, 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 and thereby repealed the sustainable growth rate (“SGR”) Medicare Part B provider reimbursement methodology,...more

K&L Gates LLP

SGR Law Creates Merit-based Incentive Payment System and Incentives for Alternative Payment Model Participation

K&L Gates LLP on

The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (“MACRA” or the “Act”), signed into law by President Barrack Obama on April 16, has been touted as one of the most significant Medicare payment reforms in decades, with...more

BakerHostetler

Five Things to Know About the Medicare SGR Fix

BakerHostetler on

H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), was signed into law by President Obama on April 16, 2015. A broad bipartisan compromise measure, MACRA repeals the much-maligned sustainable growth rate (SGR)...more

Saul Ewing LLP

President Signs Into Law Changes to Medicare Physician Reimbursement Formula

Saul Ewing LLP on

On April 16, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 ("the Act"). The national headlines about the Act’s passage focused on the repeal of the sustainable growth rate...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

MACRA: Program Integrity and Fraud and Abuse Provisions

On Thursday April 16th, President Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (“MACRA”). Pub.L. 114-10. In two previous posts, we discussed MACRA’s repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate...more

King & Spalding

President Obama Signs SGR Repeal Legislation; New Physician Payment Methodology Begins in 2019

King & Spalding on

On April 16, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). MACRA repeals the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) that was set to cut Medicare Physician Fee...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Passage of Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA): The “Doc Fix”

The President has signed into law the bipartisan bill H.R. 2, the “Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015,” which permanently repeals the flawed Sustained Growth Rate (SGR) formula and replaces it with a stable...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The SGR Fix: Congress Charts a New Course for Physician Payments and Gainsharing

On April 16, President Obama signed into law the “Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015,” (“MACRA”) which repealed the Sustainable Growth Rate (“SGR”) payment formula used to limit annual updates to Medicare...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

“Doc Fix” Signed into Law; 21% Physician Pay Cut Avoided

President Obama has signed the “doc fix” into law, which permanently avoids a 21% pay cut for physicians that was slated to take effect this April. The law received broad bipartisan support, passing in the House of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Congress Repeals Sustainable Growth Rate Formula and Advances Medicare Payment for Quality

On April 14, 2015, Congress ended over a decade of repeated “doc fixes” which temporarily suspended scheduled Medicare provider reimbursement cuts, by passing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (the “Act”). If...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Congressional Leaders Introduce Legislation to Repeal Medicare's SGR Formula, Increase Physician Reimbursement Rates

Foley & Lardner LLP on

A group of bipartisan, bicameral congressional leaders introduced a bill, on March 19, to repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula that governs Medicare physician payment rates. The formula has called for dramatic...more

King & Spalding

House Passes SGR “Doc Fix” Legislation

King & Spalding on

On March 27, 2014, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4302, which will postpone the scheduled 24% Medicare physician reimbursement cut by an additional one year. Several groups opposed the Bill as yet another temporary...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

President Obama Signs the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on

On December 26, 2013, President Obama signed into law the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013. This new law prevents a scheduled payment reduction for physicians and other practitioners who treat Medicare patients from taking...more

14 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide