Skip Navigation LinksHome | Editors' Blog

It looks as though the sections of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that boost primary care payment can't come soon enough. A quarter of primary care physicians say they’re struggling financially, according to a June survey. The 26% of primary care doctors reporting poor financial health in the latest QuantiaMD Physician Wellbeing Index are contributing to the overall trend of doctors leaving primary care.

We've just read the CBO on the SGR. Long story short: Don't make long-term plans based on a permanent pay fix just yet.

In very unshocking news, figures from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) suggest the cost of a one-year fix for 2013 will come in at $18.5 billion, maybe more. The alternative, as you know, is a 30% cut you're unlikely to have to actually implement.

Login

User Name:
Password:
Welcome to the new Part B News Online. If you are a returning user having trouble logging in, please click here.
Blog Archive
Back to top