Medicare Physician Payment Updates and the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) System

Each year since 2002, the statutory method for determining the annual updates to the Medicare physician fee schedule, known as the sustainable growth rate (SGR) system, has resulted in a reduction in the reimbursement rates (or a "negative update").1 With the exception of 2002, when a 4.8% decrease was applied, Congress has passed a series of bills to override the reductions. However, these actions have required almost yearly attention from the Congress. This report provides a background on the Medicare fee schedule, the SGR system and the annual updates, and discusses recent proposals to address this issue.


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#	File Name	Document Date	Order ID:	Number of Pages	Price
1	R40907_03_03_2010.pdf	Jan 11, 2010	R40907	15	$29.95	Add to Cart

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