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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Fixing Medicare Now Will Protect Senior Access to Health Care for Years to Come
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.
Medicare is putting the care of our aging population at risk
Congress should implement an annual, inflation-based payment update as part of the Medicare payment system for doctors, two rheumatologists write.
What’s wrong with Medicare physician payment?
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.
Why Congress Should Change How Medicare Pays Physicians
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.
With physicians facing Medicare cuts, AMA and others urge Congress to act
The AMA and 126 other health organizations are asking Congress to pass bills crucial to the sustainability of physician practices.
Washington Must End Physician Price Controls, Reform Medicare Payment System to Prevent Doctor Shortages
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.
Fixing Medicare includes easing doctors’ use of data registries
A two-page explainer on clinical data registries in the transition to value-based care outlines how the process of approving clinical data registries under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System is “complex and cumbersome,” and details how “the lack of accessible cost data inhibits progress toward true value-based care.”
Medicare physician payment reform has never been more urgent
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled a proposed physician payment schedule that called for—you guessed it—another payment cut next year, 2.8% this time.
Physicians need timely MIPS data to advance value-based care
Sharing Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) data with doctors is a must-fix when it comes to Medicare physician payment reform.
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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