Obama signs SGR fix legislation

AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dec 22, 2009

President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a defense appropriations bill that includes a provision postponing the implementation of physician payment cuts mandated by Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.

Obama signed HR 3326, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, thus delaying until March 1, 2010, a 21.2% cut in physician payments called for by the SGR formula, according to the American College of Radiology (ACR) of Reston, VA.

Many physician groups are hoping that the delay will give Congress time to implement a permanent fix to the SGR formula, based on the Medicare Economic Index.

Related Reading

SNM supports SGR rate fix, December 23, 2009

House passes short-term fix to SGR cuts, December 17, 2009

House passes bill to fix SGR formula, November 20, 2009

SNM contests proposed CMS payment rules, November 6, 2009

Societies rally to repeal Medicare SGR formula, October 21, 2009

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