SFMS/CMA Defeats Bill That Would Have Eliminated In-Office Exception to Self-Referral Law On April 28, SFMS/CMA successfully defeated SB 1215, a bill that would have eliminated the in-office exception to the self-referral law for advanced imaging, anatomic pathology, radiation therapy and physical therapy. April 30, 2014 Advocacy, News in-office exception, SB 1215 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS To Publicly Release Medicare Physician Payment Data On April 2, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will release Medicare physician payment data to the public for the first time. April 3, 2014 AMA, Medicare, News AMA, Medicare, CMS, Medicare physician payment data 0 0 Comment Read More »
Update: Senate Passes HR 4302; Bill Expects to be Signed Into Law The Senate voted 64-35 to adopt HR 4302, the 17th patch to stop the 24% Medicare SGR payment cut until April 2015. The House passed an identical version of the bill by voice vote on March 27, and President Obama is expected to sign the legislation into law. March 31, 2014 Advocacy, Medicare, News Medicare SGR, SGR, California GPCI, HR 4302 0 0 Comment Read More »
House Passes Year-Long SGR Patch, Includes California GPCI Fix On March 27, 2014, the U.S. House of Representatives passed “Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014” (HR 4302) to delay for 12 months a scheduled Medicare 24% sustainable growth rate (SGR) cut by voice vote. March 27, 2014 Advocacy, Medicare, News SGR patch, HR 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, SGR, sustainable growth rate 0 0 Comment Read More »
SGR Status Update: March 13, 2014 Discussions about repealing the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula continued yesterday on Capitol Hill. S. 2122 and H.R. 4209 introduced. March 13, 2014 Advocacy, AMA, Medicare, News HR 4209, SGR, S 2122 0 0 Comment Read More »
