Lawmakers in Congress are working to prevent planned Medicare payment cuts to physicians, much to the relief of a host of healthcare organizations. But the clock is ticking.

Physicians and other healthcare practitioners may get a pay boost in 2025 through a bipartisan bill seeking to block planned Medicare pay cuts and to provide the first inflationary update to physician pay in years.

House members introduced a bill today that would stop the Medicare pay cut and provide a pay increase.

A bipartisan group of House members introduced a bill that would reverse a proposed 2.8% Medicare Physician Fee Schedule payment cut and give physicians a raise equivalent to half of the increase in the Medicare Economic Index, a measure of healthcare inflation.

The cost of providing basic health care to seniors is rising and industry professionals in Santa Cruz County are sounding the alarm that the system is dangerously close to breaking.

Ongoing cuts to Medicare reimbursement rates are forcing New England private practices to close or consolidate, limiting patient access to lifesaving treatments.

Growing bipartisan support for Medicare reform in the U.S. House of Representatives is clear evidence that our sustained physician advocacy is moving us closer to fixing our badly broken physician payment system.

The proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule would cut physician reimbursement by 2.8%, and now a bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging Congress to pass legislation to block the cut.

Bipartisan lawmakers urge Congress to block a 2.8% cut in the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, citing negative impacts on patient access and practice viability. The proposed cut marks the fifth consecutive year of reduced payments, threatening independent practices, especially in rural and underserved areas.