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Medicare Physician Payment Updates and the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) System
ProQuest Congressional Research Digital Collection: Part C (2011 forward) Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical economics.
- Medicare.
- Physicians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Contained In:
- ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] [publisher not identified] 2011
- Summary:
- Provides background on Medicare fee schedule for physicians and the sustainable growth rate (SGR) system, which generates formula for calculating annual updates in payments for physician services. Reviews historical updates and legislative overrides, current concerns about SGR, and potential modifications and alternatives
- Notes:
- CRS Report
- 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
- Vendor supplied data
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Medicare Physician Payment Updates and the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) System
- Publisher Number:
- CRS-2012-DSP-0141
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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