ACP says Congress must take action to reform dysfunctional Medicare paym...( ed Expenditures as a Change in Law and...)

ACP says Congress must take action to reform dysfunctional Medicare payment system

ed Expenditures as a "Change in Law and Regulation;

Begin a Voluntary, Non-Punitive Pay-for-Reporting Program in 2008, with Multiple Pathways for Physicians to Participate;

Congress Should Institute the Patient-Centered Medical Home Demonstration;

Congress should transition from the initial pay-for-reporting program to one that creates a performance improvement pool to include prioritized funding for programs that use measures having the greatest potential impact on improving quality and reducing costs. Physicians should have the opportunity to earn additional payments on a weighted basis reflecting the impact of the measures, their performance, and the costs associated with reporting.

Dr. Golden emphasized that although members of Congress will have different perspectives on how best to avert the SGR cuts and how to fund it, "it is imperative that Congress reach an accord that will, at a minimum, replace the 5.1 percent SGR cut next year with positive updates that reflect increases in practice costs."

Contact: David Kinsman
dkinsman@acponline.org
202-261-4554
American College of Physicians
28-Sep-2006

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