ACP American College of Physicians - Internal Medicine - Doctors for Adults

Medicare payment rates are calculated using the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula which ties physician payments to growth in the overall economy. This formula has threatened to cut physician payments every year since 2001.

Learn more about ACP's recommendations and actions to support internists.

• Coalition Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee regarding Budget Neutrality (25-July-2013)
• Crosswalk of Energy & Commerce July 18, 2013 Legislative Proposal with ACP’s Policy on Physician Payment Reform and SGR Repeal (22-July-2013)
• ACP letter to House Energy & Commerce Committee regarding their legislative proposal to repeal the SGR (19-July-2013)
• Letter in support of S. 1180, the Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act (18-July-13)
• ACP response letter to Energy & Commerce Committee June 28 SGR Legislative Draft Proposal (9-July-13)
• Letter of support for H.R. 1173, the Personalize Your Care Act of 2013 (27-June-13)
• Comment letter to CMS Acting Administer Tavenner on the Medicare Program; Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals; Proposed Rule (CMS-1455-P) (17-May-13)
• Letter to Rep. Tom Price clarifying ACP's position on Medicare private contracting (15-May-13)
• ACP Testimony to Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health on Developing a Viable Medicare Physician Payment Policy (7-May-13)
• ACP response to the House Ways & Means and Energy & Commerce majority 2nd-iteration proposal on eliminating the SGR (17-Apr-13)
• ACP's response to the GOP SGR framework proposal as released by the Ways & Means and Energy & Commerce Committees. (25-Feb-13)
• Letter to Sen. Hatch regarding his Medicare/Medicaid reform proposal (15-Feb-13)
• ACP's Statement for the Record for Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Hearing on physician payment reform (14-Feb-13)
• Analysis Comparing American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 to ACP Policy (4-Jan-2013)
• ACP Comments on CY 2013 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (28-Dec-12)
• Joint Letter to CMS Regarding Transitional Care Management Coding (3-Dec-12)
• Joint Letter to Senate Finance Committee asking them to transition Medicare away from the SGR (15-Oct-12)
• ACP Letter to Senate and House Leadership asking them to halt across-the-board sequestration cuts in health programs schedule for Jan. 1 (17-Sept-12)
• Statement on Physician Organization Efforts to Promote High Quality Care (24-July-12)
• ACP Statement to the Senate Finance Committee on Medicare Physician Payments: Perspectives from Physicians (11-July-12)
• ACP response letter to the April 27, 2012 request by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means to offer input on physician payment reforms (23-May-12)
• Joint Statement to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing: “Improving Quality, Lowering Cost: The Role of Health Care Delivery Reform”(10-Nov-11)
• Testimony of the ACP to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing: “Improving Quality, Lowering Cost: The Role of Health Care Delivery Reform”(10-Nov-11)

Policy

• Reforming Medicare in the Age of Deficit Reduction (April 2012)
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