December 11 SGR Update From CMA Bipartisan House-Senate Medicare Payment Reform Legislation Expected to Pass out of Committee This Week Congress Includes Three-month Patch to Stop the 25% SGR Cuts in Budget Deal The Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee this week unveiled revised legislative proposals to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) and establish a new payment system. Both committees have said that they expect to “mark up” (i.e., pass out of committee) the legislation on Thursday, December 12. The changes they have made since the initial October “discussion draft” are ... December 12, 2013 CMA, SGR SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
Federal Legislative and Regulatory Update From CMA October 1, 2013 CMA leaders have been in Washington, DC, and in district offices meeting with members of Congress on the important issues facing medicine. Below are the highlights of the priority bills and regulations. 1. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN Medicare and Medi-Cal will continue to operate but CDC, FDA, public health, and NIH are impacted. On October 1, as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went live and tens of thousands of Californians called the Covered California Health Insurance Exchange to purchase insurance, Congress’s failure to agree on a 2014 budget and the future of ... October 7, 2013 GPCI, Medicare, SGR GPCI, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medicare SGR and GPCI Bill Clears Committee Medicare Locality Reform ("The California GPCI Fix") Clears House Congressional Committee As Part of the Medicare SGR Overhaul Legislation On July 31, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted unanimously to approve a BIPARTISAN Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) overhaul legislation, HR 2810. Included in the bill is the CMA-sponsored California Medicare locality reform known as the “California GPCI Fix.” The California locality provision is a compromise between Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Democrat Henry Waxman (D-CA) who insisted the California update be part of the committee bill. ... July 31, 2013 GPCI, Medicare, SGR GPCI, Medicare, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »