The possibility of significant Medicare reimbursement cuts for physicians due to the program’s sustainable growth rate has fueled concerns that practitioners will stop seeing Medicare patients. House lawmakers recently introduced legislation to shield physicians from a scheduled 24 percent Medicare reimbursement reduction until next March, giving Congress more time to enact a permanent fi x by repealing and replacing the SGR. Every year since 2003, Congress has temporarily bypassed the SGR so physicians would not have to endure double-digit cuts to their Medicare pay.
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