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Medicare's "un-sustainable" growth rate.

Steven M. Wilk, Robert L. Phillips

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Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula in determining physician payment levels is so unworkable that it has brought us to a time of perpetual crisis. Physicians must become informed and involved in the discussion of solutions.

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Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula in determining physician payment levels is so unworkable that it has brought us to a time of perpetual crisis. Physicians must become informed and involved in the discussion of solutions.

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Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula in determining physician payment levels is so unworkable that it has brought us to a time of perpetual crisis. Physicians must become informed and involved in the discussion of solutions.

Key concepts: Sustainable growth rate, Payment, Business, Actuarial science, Economics, Finance

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