Coalition of State Medical Societies
The Coalition of State Medical Societies is a group of state medical societies.
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Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) payment formula has hung like an annual albatross around the necks of physicians, Congress, and medical associations for more than a decade. Finally, we have a realistic opportunity to fling that albatross into the sea.…
Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) payment formula has hung like an annual albatross around the necks of physicians, Congress, and medical associations for more than a decade. Finally, we have a realistic opportunity to fling that albatross into the sea.
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Congress is closer than ever to repealing Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. Competing plans, with traction, are on the table. The leaders of American medicine are convening this weekend in our nation’s capital. The Coalition of State Medical Societies…
Congress is closer than ever to repealing Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. Competing plans, with traction, are on the table. The leaders of American medicine are convening this weekend in our nation’s capital.
The Coalition of State Medical Societies — representing nearly 160,000 members in nine states — calls on Congress to act decisively, but not rashly.
Congress must act now to repeal the flawed SGR formula used to pay physicians …
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