"So the answer is no?"
"I would rather it be at $2,000 but $4,000 is a lot better than $4 million."
"Now, these are necessary and non-negotiable costs that we all want to encourage health plans to incur..."
"I am not sure, by why is HHS classifying these expenses as administrative when they are expended specifically to improve the quality of a network that a patient can access?"
"We obviously failed in both those respects when it comes to the ACA and as of February 15th of this year when CMS announced it would suspend enrollment in PCIP."
"Hon. Joseph R. Pitts, a Representative in Congress from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, opening statement."
"the newer members of the committee on both sides of the aisle have a lot to offer with regard to the SGR"
"the SGR is unsustainable, unreliable and unfair, so the question remains, how do we fix it."
"I very strongly believe that physicians deserve to be fairly and appropriately compensated for the important work they do."
"The greatest threat to health care access over the next decade is concentrated in primary care services."
"As policymakers, we obviously can't incorporate all current possible future models into one piece of legislation."
"The Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR payment system, originated with the Balanced Budget Act of 1997."