AARP Applauds Fix for Medicare Payments to Doctors
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After 17 years of kicking the proverbial can down the road, Congress has come together in bipartisan fashion to repeal and replace Medicare’s flawed formula for reimbursing doctors with an improved payment plan. With President Obama’s April 21 signature of the Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), Medicare beneficiaries can finally feel more secure in knowing that they can keep seeing their physicians each year. To continue reading please click here.
Editor’s note: Don’t miss APMA’s reporting about how the historic SGR legislation affects the profession on APMA.org.