CMA has put together the following sample letter to the House for the current Healthcare reform issues that is going to be in effect on March 1, 2010: Dear Representative: As a physician and member of the California Medical Association, I am a strong, longtime supporter of health care reform that provides universal access to care for the [...]
There are several important issues being debated on Capitol Hill. Let your voice be heard. AMA and CMA also urge all physicians to call their representatives and to get involved. Among all the issues being debated there are four major issues that will affect physicians’ reimbursement. We have listed four major action plans and briefly explained each item below: Four Major [...]
The answer lies in a big budget bill Congress passed in 1997, which introduced something called the “sustainable growth rate” for Medicare. SGR has a complex formula but basically SGR says that the amount Medicare pays doctors for an average Medicare patient cannot grow faster than the economy as a whole. Total payments to doctors can [...]
Recent Comments