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Doc Fix Could Depend on Post-Acute Care

In 1997, as part of the Balanced Budget Act, the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) was enacted in an attempt to manage Medicare’s spending on physician services. Every year since the SGRs inception, Congress has attempted to avoid implementing its proposed physician reimbursement cuts. This past March, another “patch” was plastered on the SGR –Read the Rest…