Unless Congress repeals Medicare’s flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula by March 31, Virginia physicians face a 24 percent cut to payments for Medicare claims. If the cut happens, consequences for the state include:
- The average physician would get a cut of $17,000.
- Jobs for the state’s 89,222 practice employees could be in peril as physicians struggle to cover practice expenses.
- A total of 1,203,464 Medicare and 759,075 Tricare patients could face access-to-care issues.
Let’s push SGR repeal across the finish line. Send an email to Congress now, and call your lawmakers via the AMA’s Physicians Grassroots Network hotline at (800) 833-6354. Tell them no more patches; repeal SGR!
