Latest Medicare physician pay cut shows desperate need for overhaul
Half of this year’s 3.37% pay cut is allowed to stand after partial relief in budget deal. The AMA will relentlessly lead the charge for systemic reform.
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Medicare cuts ensure disaster to doctor-patient relationship
Physicians cannot weather the continuous barrage of payment cuts, especially in the face of record inflation and exploding bureaucracy.
Fix the broken Medicare physician payment system that threatens patient access
Many physicians today are working under an unsustainable Medicare payment system that fails to adequately reimburse them for the critical, life-saving services they provide.
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New Medicare cuts threaten access to care for seniors
From Baker County to Yamhill, Oregon is facing a serious shortage of doctors. With dozens of federally-designated Health Professional Shortage Areas across the state, we need more doctors to help increase Oregonians’ access to treatment and improve their health.
What’s wrong with Medicare physician payment?
For the last two years, the U.S. Congress has failed to stop in their entirety repeated across-the-board pay cuts that further threaten Medicare access to high-quality physician care, especially for patients in rural, underserved or economically marginalized areas.
Why Medicare’s experts see need to tie physician pay to inflation
The influential Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has recommended that physician payment be tied to the Medicare Economic Index (MEI), but the commission is calling for the payment update to be just 50% of the index.
AMA says Medicare payment cuts to impact patient care
Shadi Kourosh, MD, MPH, joins WCVB-TV to discuss how cuts to the payments Medicare makes to doctors threatens patient care.
Independent doctors like me are becoming an endangered species
More than 100,000 doctors have left private practice and become employees of hospitals and other corporate entities since 2019. Today, nearly three in four physicians are employees of larger health care entities or other corporations — a record high.
Boozman calls for solution to protect Medicare access
U.S. Sen. John Boozman and U.S. Sen. Peter Welch along with 30 other lawmakers call on Senate leaders to advance a legislative solution to support access to Medicare services.
Key House members see hope to reverse Medicare pay cut—in part
Medicare physician payment cuts are creating an unsustainable environment for physician practices and threaten patients’ access to care.
Preserve the heartbeat of Medicare by paying doctors fairly
Congress should reverse cuts to Medicare payments or risk driving away doctors who treat seniors with complex needs.
What doctors wish patients knew about Medicare physician payment
Medicare physician payment is not keeping up with inflation. This has repercussions for patients’ access to care.
Join the Fight to Fix Medicare Now
We’re dedicated to raising awareness of Medicare physician payment system problems so that we can work towards solutions that protect physician practices and patients’ access to care. It’s vital that patients and physicians use their voices to advocate for change.
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