AMA President: Medicare Physician Pay Cuts Will Have ‘Dire’ Impact if Not Reversed

MedCity News January 17, 2024
Marissa Plescia

The Medicare physician pay cuts that went into effect January 1 is a “disaster for the profession,” said Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, president of the AMA, during an interview at CES 2024. Getting the pay cut reversed is a top priority for the organization.

Reversing the 3.37% Medicare pay cut that went into effect for physician practices on January 1 is a top priority for the American Medical Association, said Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, president of the organization.

“[The pay cut] is a disaster for the profession, so we are working day in and day out, hour by hour with our congressional partners to get that reversed,” Ehrenfeld declared last week during an interview at CES 2024 in Las Vegas. “If we...

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