On March 26, the U.S. House -- with an overwhelming vote of 392 to 37 -- passed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 2), legislation that would eliminate the perennial threat and uncertainty that the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Medicare physician payment formula has created for oncology practices across the country. The flawed SGR formula has called for reductions in physician payments since 2002. Congress has overridden those cuts 17 times with a “payment patch” with the most recent patch set to expire on March 31, 2015.
Please contact your Senators today and urge them to support bringing the legislation to the Senate floor for a vote and to vote yes on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 2), legislation that would permanently repeal the SGR and reform the Medicare physician payment system.
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