MedPAC Drafts Recommendation For Primary-Care Pay; Urges SGR Repeal

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) plans to recommend a budget-neutral per-beneficiary per-month payment to primary care physicians, instead of continuing the expiring primary care pay bump, and commissioners plan to reiterate their call for repealing the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), which would cut doctors pay by 24 percent if it isn't patched or repealed by the end of March. Commissioners said Thursday (Dec. 18) the $31 per-beneficiary per-month payment to primary care physicians is needed to address what they...