The proposal would delay the steep pay cuts required by Medicare’s sustainable growth rate and give physicians a 0.5 percent payment update through March 2014, giving lawmakers extra time to repeal and replace the SGR, according to the report.
Read the full report on Becker’s Hospital Review.
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