Medical Associations Continue to Push Congress on Medicare Payments

Posted by admin on August 4, 2010 under Medicare | Be the First to Comment

DOC-FIX WATCH – Frustrated with a six-month patch, medical associations continue to push Congress on Medicare payments.

First up: The American Society of Interventional Pain physicians hits the Hill tomorrow pushing for (what else?) a permanent SGR fix – like the AMA, ASIPP is insistent that nothing less will do, even if it’s not political reality.

Their past president and spokesperson, Dr. David Kloth, tells Pulse: “What the House and Senate passed will get us six months but the bottom line is we need a long-term solution or we are going to lose a lot of doctors.”