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ACR’s Government Relations Department deals with Medicare-related legislation affecting the practice of radiology.  Specifically, with regard to reimbursement, ACR is deeply involved with what has become an annual event on Capitol Hill --- delaying impending cuts to the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) portion of the Medicare Fee Schedule formula.

In 2006, ACR, along with other medical specialties and the American Medical Association, worked with lawmakers to enact legislation on the last day of the 109^th session of Congress to avoid the implementation of the 5.1 percent payment cut for 2007 and freeze payments at the 2006 level.  Included in the package is a 1.5 percent bonus payment for physicians who voluntarily report CMS approved quality measures starting in July of 2007.  For more information on Medicare Reimbursement, contact ACR’s Senior Director for Government Relations, Josh Cooper at jcooper@acr.org or ACR’s Assistant Director of Congressional Affairs, Orrin Marcella at omarcella@acr.org.

• FY 2009 Medicare Budget Summary
• Joint Recommendations to Congress On Eliminating the SGR And Supporting Efforts to Promote Health Care Quality and Appropriateness
• Joint Letter to Congress On Eliminating the SGR And Supporting Efforts to Promote Health Care Quality and Appropriateness

• Congress Examines MedPAC Recommendations on Future of Physician Payment
• ACR's Statement for the Record on the Sustainable Growth Rate
• Report to the Congress: Assessing Alternatives to the Sustainable Growth Rate System