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Will SGR repeal legislation turn into a missed opportunity?

Congress made tremendous progress over the past year as lawmakers worked together across chambers to craft bipartisan legislation to reform Medicare’s failing payment system. But recent partisan tactics could prevent repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment formula from crossing the finish line, even as the March 31 deadline approaches.

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We've had enough patches; now's the time for SGR repeal

Last week several hundred physicians met with our members of Congress. Our mission was to spur Congress to act on a bipartisan bill to repeal Medicare’s flawed sustainable growth rate payment formula.

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In D.C., it's crunch time for SGR repeal—add your voice to ours

I’m in our nation’s capital this week with hundreds of my fellow physicians at the AMA’s National Advocacy Conference to tell our members of Congress that now is the time to fix the broken Medicare payment formula once and for all.

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Next week in Washington: Physicians head to the Hill

We have a responsibility to help educate the people who write and pass laws that affect everything from how we interact with our patients to the records we keep to how we are paid.

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Are you listening? Health care industry issues a call for physician leadership

Lately I have been confronted with variations on a theme: The growing call for physician leadership in our changing health care environment.

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ACA roll-out may have its bumps, but we're working toward a stronger future

There’s a lot of uncertainty around health plans sold through the ACA insurance exchanges and how their lack of transparency will impact continuity of patient care.

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Where cost and quality converge: Starting the patient conversation

Patient conversations can be tough. Sometimes, it's hard to communicate to a patient that a particular procedure or treatment option may be unnecessary.

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How the AMA is easing physicians' regulatory loads

We physicians are part of so many powerful stories: Stories of injuries healed, cancers overcome and chronic conditions brought under control. But there’s another story happening behind the scenes of clinical care that others need to hear.

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Telescoping 50 years: Smoking report anniversary makes us look back—and ahead

With the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health commemorated this weekend, we have quite an outlook.

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