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TRENDING TOPICS
Congress continues
work to repeal SGR
AMA provides analysis
of proposed 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
By Mary E. Nava, MBA
BCMS Chief Governmental and
Community Relations Officer
Last month, HR 2810, the Medicare
Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013, passed out of
the House Energy and Commerce Committee and was sent to the full
House of Representatives.
This bill, which has received
bipartisan support, creates a plan to eliminate SGR and provide
five years of fee updates. Both the AMA and TMA are keeping a
close eye on this bill which, by the way, neither organization
fully endorses, but they are glad that such a bill is gaining some
ground.
In addition, CMS has released
their proposed 2014 Medicare Fee Schedule. The AMA has
stepped up to the plate and done the reading for you on this
605-page rule; and summarized it in an eight-page analysis. Final
information on the impact of the SGR on physician fees will be
released by CMS in November.
TMA has prepared additional
information. Click here
to access the CMS proposed rule, AMA's analysis and HR 2810.
For local discussion on this and other advocacy
topics, consider joining the BCMS Legislative and
Socioeconomics by contacting Mary Nava at mary.nava@bcms.org.
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