The physician shortage will worsen – unless Congress acts now
Congress has an opportunity to reverse the worsening physician shortage and bolster access to care for millions of people.
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Physicians take fight for Medicare payment reform to Capitol Hill
Bipartisan support for Medicare reform is building in Congress, as physicians witnessed firsthand at the 2025 AMA National Advocacy Conference.
Congress fails to stop 2.83% Medicare payment cut for 2025
Another year, another cut to the Medicare payments needed to keep physicians and their practices going. Congress must turn toward long-term reform.
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Medicare overhaul would ensure quality care for Hoosier seniors
Indiana physicians fight alongside their patients daily to ensure Hoosiers have access to quality health care. Yet that access is increasingly jeopardized by decades of inaction on fixing a broken Medicare payment system that threatens the ability of many independent practices to keep their doors open.
Congress must begin fixing broken Medicare physician payment system
Before lawmakers finish business for the year, they must also address some of the serious issues Americans are facing with our health care system.
High Labor Costs Continue to Plague Providers, Data Shows
High labor costs remain an ongoing problem threatening providers’ bottom lines. One key reason for this is that payers, including Medicare, have failed to ensure that their physician reimbursement rates keep up with the pace of inflation.
Heartbreaking Medicare cuts start to hit home in Congress
Following AMA advocacy, House majority backs stabilizing 2025 payment. Now a big push from physicians in every specialty, and from across the country, is needed.
Opinion: We must fix Medicare’s broken payment model before our seniors lose access to physician care
Unfortunately, years of Congressional kicking the can down the road have threatened to leave Missouri seniors with diminished access to the physician care upon which they rely. Currently there’s a bill in Congress that could avert this impending crisis, but it will take leadership from our representatives to get it across the finish line.
Physicians, hospitals decry 2025 Medicare payment rates
The Biden administration has finalized 2025 Medicare reimbursement rates for physicians and hospital clinics that providers agree aren’t large enough in light of rising costs.
Docs to see Medicare pay cut nearly 3% next year
It's official: Doctors face another year of pay cuts from Medicare in 2025 under a rule finalized by the Biden administration, unless Congress steps in again to avert the decrease.
Lawmakers Rush to Stave Off Doctor Pay Cuts as Medicare Finalizes 2025 Rates
Federal lawmakers are rushing to soften the blow of Medicare’s 2025 effective pay cut for doctors in 2025, introducing the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act that could limit the cut. But they have little time to act.
Medicare Physician Reimbursement Policy – It’s déjà vu all over again
Manufactured out of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the goal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) was to limit the growth in Medicare spending to keep it in line with inflation. Under the SGR, if overall physician payment costs exceeded target expenditures, a cut to Medicare physician payment was triggered.
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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