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If there is an equivalent of “Groundhog Day” in the legislative arena, it may be the semi-annual exercise to defer the physician payment rate cuts called for in Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) legislation. Ever since 2003, Congress has legislated an alternative to the automatic cuts scheduled under the law. This time, absent legislative action, payments to physicians under Medicare will but cut by 21.2 percent starting in April.
During remarks at the University of Arkansas for Medical Services last Thursday, newly minted Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced the continuation of Arkansas’ innovative Medicaid coverage approach, known as the “private option,” albeit with somewhat unclear plans for the future beyond 2016.
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