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Payment Action Kit for Medicare

Joint recommendations on eliminating the SGR and supporting efforts to promote health care quality and appropriateness. Endorsed by the AMA and 63 national medical organizations as of June 10, 2009 (PDF)

2009 Medicare Physician Payment Rates: What to Expect in Your Practice (PDF)

Medicare physician payment rates will be slashed 21% in 2010 under current law. Use the drop down box below to see how your state fares.



Medicare physician payment advocacy documents

Map: 2010-2016 Medicare cuts in each state (PDF)

Chart: practice costs vs Medicare payments (PDF)

Chart: 2004-09 payment updates, physicians vs. other providers (PDF)

Strategies to improve Medicare (PDF)

Specialty hospitals: myths vs. facts (PDF)


Medicare physician payment background material

AMA comment letter on 2009 Medicare physician payment final rule Dec. 29, 2008 (PDF)

Update on recent physician self-referral regulations Dec. 2008 (PDF)

Medicare Participation Options for Physicians (PDF)

AMA survey finds Medicare cuts will hurt seniors (PDF)


Congressional testimony and correspondence

Sign-on letter to Congressional Budget Resolution Conferees urging support of inclusion of a provision to facilitate replacement of the SGR, April 13, 2009 (PDF)

Sign-on letter to Chairman Spratt, House Budget Committee, on Rebasing Medicare Physician Payment, March 23, 2009 (PDF)

AMA Chair Joseph Heyman's testimony to House Small Business Committee on permanent Medicare physician payment reform March 18, 2009 (PDF)

AMA President Nancy Nielsen's testimony to Congress on Medicare physician payment reform Sept. 11, 2008 (PDF)

AMA letter to representatives in support of H.R.6331 (PDF)

AMA letter to senators in support of H.R.6331 (PDF)


For more information on topics such as medical liability, antitrust and Medicare physician payment reform, please visit our Health System Reform Action Kit.