Current
Fee Schedule/Medicare Payment Update - The AAMC continues
to work closely with other physician organizations to pursue workable
long-term legislative and regulatory solutions to the problematic
Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. Without Congressional or
Administrative action, the Medicare physician payment update is
projected to fall 4.3 percent in CY 2006 and 26 percent over the
next five years according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
(CMS) estimates. More>>
Quality and Patient Safety - The Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) is developing an implementation strategy for
the "Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005" [P.L. 109-41],
which was signed into law by President Bush on July 29, 2005. The
law encourages the voluntary reporting of such data by assuring
its confidentiality. More >>
Medical Liability Reform - As a member of the Health Coalition
on Liability and Access (HCLA), the AAMC continues to advocate in
support of comprehensive medical liability reform legislation..
More >>
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