Medicare Payment Action Kit
"We are working to fix the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate formula by which doctors are reimbursed under Medicare."
-- President Barack Obama, October 5, 2009, in the Rose Garden
Medicare Participation Options for Physicians
Select your state below to see how the looming Medicare cuts will effect access to care. States marked with an asterisk have been designated “Access Hot Spots”. Patients in these states already face problems getting physician care, and the problem will get worse unless Congress repeals the broken Medicare physician payment formula.
AMA information & recommendations
Medicare physician payment advocacy documents
Map: 2010-2016 Medicare cuts in each state
Chart: practice costs vs Medicare payments
Chart: 2004-09 payment updates, physicians vs. other providers
Medicare physician payment background material
Medicare final rule impact table
AMA comment letter on 2009 Medicare physician payment final rule Dec. 29, 2008
Update on recent physician self-referral regulations Dec. 2008
