ROUNDS Physicians applaud Dr. Burgess for SGR repeal


TEXAS CONGRESSMAN Michael C. Burgess, MD, received a rock star’s re- ception and multiple standing ovations when he gave a rousing victory speech on the repeal of Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula before the Texas Medical Association House of Delegates on May 2 at TexMed 2015 in Austin.


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Texas Congressman Michael C. Burgess, MD, a Republican obstetrician-gynecologist from Lewisville, signs the June Texas Medicine cover after addressing the TexMed 2015 House of Delegates. TMA Immediate Past President Austin I. King, MD, looks on. “You all gave me the confidence and courage to keep moving forward to accomplish repeal of the SGR [Sustainable Growth Rate],” Dr. Burgess said.


SGR repeal, Representative Bur-


gess explained, had been a priority since he got to Congress in 2003. “SGR was a hard-to-understand concept,” he said, adding that he ac- tually demonstrated the intricate math involved in the payment for- mula to his fellow Congress members.


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