Doctors begging for a bailout

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American College of Physicians President Jeffrey Harris sent a letter yesterday to HHS nominee Tom Daschle asking that the Obama administration’s economic-stimulus package include a 10% pay bonus for all services provided by primary care docs under Medicare for a period of 18 months.
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/12/18/doctors-plead-for-10-medicare-bonus-in-stimulus-package/

Will pathology be next?


Repeating after Theoden: "How did it come to this...?"
 
From what I've read over the past few months it seems like there is actually a push to repeal CMS's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. The SGR has dictated the decreases in reimbursement over the last 10 years or so. If that is done away with then all physcians may be able to negotiate fair compensation.
 
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