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The elections are over and Congress is back in Washington to finish remaining legislative business for the year. Urge Congress to stop enacting temporary patches and ...
Read More »Doctors Must Immediately Urge Congress to Permanently Repeal SGR
Family Physicians Group Endorses Congress’ Plan to Overhaul Doc Pay
By Brad Broker Another major endorsement for the plan introduced by Congress to repeal and replace the SGR. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), ...
Read More »AMA Supports Bill to Increase Pay for Medicare Doctors
By Brad Broker The American Medical Association (AMA) announced Monday its support for the proposed legislation to repeal and replace the SGR. “The Sustainable Growth ...
Read More »Congress plans to give doctors a raise
By Brad Broker Physicians are getting a raise! Congress reached a deal today to replace the long-frustrating SGR with a 0.5 percent pay increase each ...
Read More »Physician Self Referrals May Be Cut By Bill To Narrow Stark
By Neil W. Hoffman and H. Carol Saul The federal physician self-referral statute, known as the Stark law,[1] prohibits a physician from referring to an ...
Read More »What Doctors and Patients Have to Lose Under ObamaCare
Changes to Medicare will give the Feds control of surgical decisions By SCOTT GOTTLIEB Senate Democrats are touting the American Medical Association’s endorsement of ...
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