The Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) and Medicare Physician Payments : Frequently Asked Questions.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical economics.

Medical laws and legislation.

Medicare.

Physicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (10 p), digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Responds to frequently asked questions about sustainable growth rate (SGR) system for updating Medicare physician fee schedule payments and recent legislative efforts to repeal and replace SGR. Provides background on SGR, need for Congressional overrides, and current legislative activity.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) and Medicare Physician Payments

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