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Proposed Bill to Permanently Repeal SGR Formula & The Threat To Medicare Physician Payments

May 16, 2012 On May 9, 2012, a bipartisan bill was introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives that would permanently repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. The SGR formula was adopted by Congress in 1997 with the intention of preventing Medicare spending on physicians from exceeding the overall growth of the economy. Every

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