Surgeons Score Big Win By Blocking Pay Bundle Cut In SGR Bill

Surgeons scored a big win by getting the House to include in SGR-replacement legislation a measure that blocks a Medicare regulation cutting pay for surgical pay bundles and makes CMS collect data for valuing surgical services. The Senate passed the bill to replace the Sustainable Growth Rate formula late Tuesday (April 14), sending it to the president just in time to avert a 21 percent Medicare physician pay cut. The CMS global surgical payment cut would have further cut surgeons'...