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Gene Green: “As we know, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, or MACRA, repealed the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2016
As we know, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, or MACRA, repealed the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate, SGR, formula to provide long term stability to Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
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Gene Green
Democratic · Texas

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Gene Green discusses the importance of MACRA in stabilizing Medicare payments.

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