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Healthcare Reform Resource Center

Take action: Encourage your physicians and office staff to contact senators through the MGMA Advocacy Center and urge them to pass legislation that permanently repeals the SGR

• Healthcare Reform Measures and MGMA Advocacy Timeline 

Our position

MGMA summary chart of major healthcare reform provisions  
Jan. 11, 2010

MGMA Healthcare Reform Principles 
Download the document to read more about these principles: 

• Fix the Medicare physician payment system
• Simplify administrative transactions
• Enact meaningful medical liability reform
• Expand coverage
• Improve quality and safety
• Promote the adoption of health information technology
  

News

• MGMA letter to Sen. Reid outlining concerns on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009  
  Dec. 22, 2009
  
  
• Sen. Reid releases major amendment to H.R. 3590 
  Dec. 19, 2009
  
  
• MGMA and 117 physician organizations sent the Senate a letter stressing the urgency of establishing a pathway for a permanent repeal of Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula  
  Dec. 15, 2009
  
  

• Sen. Reid and committee chairs released the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,  the Senate health insurance reform bill
  Nov. 18, 2009

  • Section-by‐Section Analysis  
  • The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Implementation Timeline  
  • Health Insurance Reform FAQ   

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