Compare Medicare Physician Payment, Health IT Bills

Several legislative proposals would implement Medicare pay-for-performance. Some tie P4P to provisions that encourage implementation of electronic health records and other health information technology. One links P4P to permanently "fixing" the formula on which Medicare payment to physicians is based.

Print the chart shown below and use it in contacts with your federal lawmakers. With Congress recessed until Labor Day (Sept. 5), many legislators will be back in their home states this month.