Lawmakers can’t agree on a way to plug the $122 billion hole in the budget that would be created by the elimination of the reimbursement cuts and “chances are not great” for a permanent fix by the March 31 deadline, says the co-chair of the GOP Doctors’ Caucus.

Congress likely will not find a permanent solution for the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) funding formula before the deadline expires at the end of March, and will impose yet another temporary fix and re-address the issue later this year, a leading House Republican says. Read the rest of the article in Health Leaders Media here.

For more information, check out last week’s article by Emily Ethridge of CQ Roll Call, or read the article by Kristin Paulson, CIVHC’s Senior Manager of Policy and Initiatives, on how the Doc Fix has the potential to improve readmissions here.