B12 - Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) FIX

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed), working with other stakeholders, support the American Medical Association’s (AMA) three-pronged recommendation, to (1) Repeal the SGR; (2) Implement a five-year period of stable Medicare physician payments that keep pace with the growth in medical practice costs; and (3) Transition to an array of new payment models designed to enhance care coordination, quality, appropriateness, and costs. 

Note: Effective August 13, 2024, AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is now Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed).