Over the years, we have written blogs in regard to the “resolution” of the Sustainable Growth Rate issue.  Again, the Sustainable Growth Rate temporary resolution, previously enacted in 2014, will be expiring.

While there is discussion that there will be a permanent fix, until Congress can identify where it will find $174 billion, there will not be a permanent fix and Congress will continue to kick the can down the road for another year.

Now what appears to also be intruding on a resolution of the SGR problem is whether or not there should be an alteration of the Medicare pay schedules to the physicians.  While that would be a grand resolution of the issues, it will just complicate what already is a very difficult issue, that is the resolution of the Sustainable Growth Rate issue.  I would expect that you will not see a permanent fix before the current deferral of the Sustainable Growth Rate issue expires and just another temporary fix.