Fierce Healthcare September 9, 2024
In its comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the draft CY2025 Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS), the American Medical Association badgered CMS on its proposed 2.8% cut to physician payment.
The physician group also put up a fight about the excluded telehealth evaluation and management (E&M) codes and CMS’ proposed G-codes for behavioral health and digital mental health treatment devices.
The group celebrated some proposals, such as extending telehealth flexibilities and many of its biggest proposals for rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers.
Consistent with the group’s immediate reaction to the drop of the draft rule in July, the physician advocacy group is not happy about CMS’ proposed 2.8% cut to physician...