Medicare Physician Payment Updates and the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) System

Hahn, Jim ; Mulvey, Janemarie

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Medicare;    Health policy;    Health insurance;   

RP-ID  :  R40907
RP-ID  :  R40907_2012Aug02

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), which is the statutory method for determining the annual updates to the Medicare physician fee schedule. The SGR system was established because of the concern that the Medicare fee schedule itself would not adequately constrain overall increases in spending for physicians’ services.