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%.
Congress should implement an annual, inflation-based payment update as part of the Medicare payment system for doctors, two rheumatologists write.
Doctors could face a nearly 3% cut to their Medicare payments next year — even as Congress is weighing how to mitigate the last round of reimbursement cuts.
Medicare payments to physicians should be based on inflation instead of simply cutting reimbursement to doctors, according to the American Medical Association.
The AMA urged the administration to work with Congress to enact a permanent, annual inflation-based update to Medicare physician payments.
With physicians yet again facing a Medicare payment cut, the AMA spearheaded a letter to congressional leaders that all 50 state medical societies and 76 other health organizations joined in signing.
A broken Medicare physician payment system, exacerbated by Biden administration cuts and ignored by our presidential candidates, could trigger a doomsday scenario in our already dire national doctor shortage.
Thanks to advancements in medicine and greater access to health care, Americans are living longer than ever. This is great news, but this progress will be harder to maintain in the years ahead if Medicare doesn’t fix a glaring flaw in how it pays for the care physicians provide.
Inflation-adjusted Medicare pay has fallen nearly 30% this century, and CMS has proposed a 2.8% cut for 2025. Dive deep on how to fix Medicare now.
Established with the intent to control healthcare costs through calculated payments and budget caps, Medicare’s payment model has instead contributed to healthcare inflation and now threatens to compromise patient health.
The AMA and 126 other health organizations are asking Congress to pass bills crucial to the sustainability of physician practices.
A brief released by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute finds that artificially low reimbursement rates used by Medicare to contain costs are threatening patient care, and reform is needed to prevent future doctor shortages.
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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