SGR Delay Expires March 1

The clock is ticking—tell your senators to repeal the SGR. With a 21 percent cut in Medicare physician payments scheduled to take effect in just 20 days, the time to persuade lawmakers to pass a permanent repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula is ticking away. Contact your U.S. senators and insist that they pass legislation to repeal the SGR formula to avert the cuts, which are slated to take effect March 1. Use the AMA's toll-free grassroots hotline at (800) 833-6354 or write them an e-mail.