SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014

SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014
Long title	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare payments for physicians and other professionals, and for other purposes.
Announced in	the 113th United States Congress
Sponsored by	Rep. Michael C. Burgess (R-TX)
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 4015 by Rep. Michael C. Burgess (R-TX) on February 6, 2014; Committee consideration by United States House Committee on the Judiciary, United States House Committee on Ways and Means, United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce;

The SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 (H.R. 4015) is a bill that would replace the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, which determines the annual updates to payment rates for physicians’ services in Medicare, with new systems for establishing those payment rates.^[1]

The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. The provisions in this bill that would pay for changes in the SGR formula by delaying some provisions of the Affordable Care Act were unpopular with Democrats, leading to the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (H.R. 4302; 113th Congress), a bill that would simply delay the April 1, 2014 SGR Medicare cuts until March 2015.^[2]

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^ Kasperowicz, Pete (26 March 2014). "House GOP readies year-long 'doc fix'". The Hill. Retrieved 27 March 2014.

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[GOPreadies26-2] Kasperowicz, Pete (26 March 2014). "House GOP readies year-long 'doc fix'". The Hill. Retrieved 27 March 2014.

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