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.
Following AMA advocacy in leading the charge to reform the Medicare payment system, a bipartisan group in the U.S. House of Representatives has introduced a bill that would provide a 4.7% payment update in 2025.
Congress should implement an annual, inflation-based payment update as part of the Medicare payment system for doctors, two rheumatologists write.
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.
A majority of House members urged House leaders to not only reverse a proposed 2.8% cut in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), but also to pass a law that would avoid such cuts in the future.
In the House, 233 members signed a letter saying they want the House to fend off the pending 2.8 percent Medicare cut.
After years of Medicare physician payment cuts, doctors deserve a positive payment update in 2025. Find out how the AMA is leading the charge.
More than half of the House is calling on leadership to avert Medicare physician payment cuts scheduled for next year, and to enact longer-term payment reforms.
Whether its pharmaceuticals or health insurance, Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have only one healthcare policy – impose price controls. The untenable financial position of many doctors and private doctor practices due to tightening Medicare reimbursement rates exemplifies the folly of her preferred approach.
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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