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March 6, 2014

Are you impacted by the SGR formula? 
If so, please join your fellow physicians in speaking up!  

A message brought to you by the Maricopa County Medical Society

Legislation to modify the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and move Medicare payments to a system that focuses on quality and value is here.  

 

You are critical in getting this legislation to a vote. Please call each of your legislators today and urge your physician colleagues to do the same. A sample call script is provided below.  

 

Call toll-free at 1-800-833-6354; simply follow the prompts.


Please call the following official(s) at their Washington, D.C. office:
U.S. Senator Jeff Flake
phone: 202-224-4521

U.S. Senator John McCain
phone: 202-224-2234

U.S. Representative David Schweikert
phone: 202-225-2190

Talking points:
  1. I am a physician from [TOWN] and have been treating Medicare patients for [YEARS].
  2. H.R. 4015, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014, is waiting for Congress's vote.
  3. Will you please co-sponsor H.R. 4015 today?
  4. The bill will get rid of the SGR, provide positive annual updates, improve current Medicare quality reporting programs, and create incentives to improve quality.
  5. It has the support of surgeons, primary care physicians and all of medicine.
  6. It also has bipartisan support in the House and Senate.
  7. Congress must finish its work and bring the bill for a vote, before a 24 percent SGR cut occurs on April 1.
  8. Absolutely no more fiscally-irresponsible patches.
  9. It's time to end the SGR and create a new Medicare physician payment system that supports high-quality patient-centered healthcare.
The Maricopa County Medical Society, as well as our partners at other physician focused organizations, thank you for your support in this important legislative effort.
 
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