title: Physician/Congressman takes on Medicare reimbursement.
abstract: Michael Burgess, MD, is lead sponsor of a bill to replace the much maligned Sustained Growth Formula that is used to determine Medicare reimbursements.
authors.forename: Carrie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform; D007857:Leadership; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics; D011057:Politics; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014479:United Arab Emirates; D014481:United States