February 14, 2012 | Comments Off on No Valentine to Physicians from Congress as SGR Issue Remains Unresolved
Posted by Beth Christian
Physicians may need to gear up again for a potential 27.4% cut in Medicare reimbursement if Congress does not address the sustainable growth rate issue by the February 29th deadline. As you may recall from reviewing our earlier blog post, Congress averted a January 2012 reduction, which was enacted together with an extension of the popular payroll tax cut. However, earlier this week, members of the House Republican leadership announced that they were prepared to decouple the Medicare physician payment fix from pending legislation that would further extend the payroll tax cut. This enhances the possibility that physicians may be faced with a substantial cut in Medicare reimbursement on March 1st if Congress does not act on the matter by its Leap Day deadline.