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CMS should be transparent on impact of Medicare pay cuts
| AMA

CMS should be transparent on impact of Medicare pay cuts

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing a 2.8% cut to physician Medicare payments starting Jan. 1. At the same time, CMS also estimates that the cost of practicing medicine next year—paying clinical and administrative staff, rent and purchasing equipment and supplies—will rise by 3.6%.

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| RealClearHealth

End the Annual Medicare Doc Payment Cuts

Doctors facing yet another Medicare payment cut—this one set to take effect in January—have a prescription for Congress: fix this broken payment model.

| The Seattle Medium

Addressing Health Disparities: The Urgent Need For Medicare Reform

Longstanding issues in Medicare’s physician payment system have put the program on an unstable, unsustainable path, threatening to further undermine access to primary care — particularly in underserved communities that are already reeling from a shortage of doctors.

| Alabama Daily News

Saving local healthcare options: Congress must act before it’s too late

Imagine a healthcare system where patients wait weeks for appointments, doctors are stretched to their breaking point, and independent medical practices are forced to close their doors. Unfortunately, you don’t have to imagine it because all this is happening right now in Alabama and across the country.

| AMA

Retail clinic failures show pressures facing physician practices

Ambitious efforts by some of the nation’s largest retailers to open health clinics nationwide have met with disappointing results, which underscore the precarious financial reality of care delivery today. And it sparks an obvious question for policymakers to consider: If retail giants can’t make today’s care delivery model work financially, how on earth can physicians in private practice?

| South Florida Sun Sentinel (Subscription Required)

Medicare is on an unsustainable path. Congress must fix it | Opinion

Access to affordable, high-quality health care is essential — particularly for more vulnerable Americans such as seniors and the disabled. Unfortunately, a dysfunctional Medicare physician compensation system is threatening to undermine access to care.

| Carolina Journal

NC health resources strained as Medicare shortchanges doctors

More than one-third of North Carolinians face difficulties accessing primary care doctors. Even worse, on its current path, the Tar Heel state is projected to be short 7,725 doctors overall by 2030, including 1,885 too few primary care providers.

| AMA

We must fix Medicare now. Here are 8 reasons why.

Physicians have spent more than a decade pushing for changes to the Medicare physician payment system so that they have the financial resources to keep caring for the nation’s oldest citizens. But the necessary reforms still haven’t come to fruition.

| Becker's Healthcare

Bad news for physician reimbursements

Many leaders feel physician pay is not keeping up with the rising cost of practice, and CMS and other payer moves indicate this trend could continue.

| AMA

Senate Medicare payment bill a good first step, but more’s needed

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced the Physician Fee Stabilization Act. The bill would increase the budget-neutrality threshold under the Medicare physician payment schedule to $53 million in 2026, up from $20 million. The bill also would provide regular indexing of the threshold to the Medicare Economic Index.

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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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