Chief Healthcare Executive August 2, 2024
Lawmakers are pushing measures to tie federal payments to the cost of inflation. Advocacy groups renewed their call for relief after CMS proposed cuts in payments to physicians again.
The skinny
Advocates for doctors are pushing legislation to boost Medicare payments to doctors.
Sponsors
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are prime sponsors, and they’re all doctors: U.S. Reps. Raul Ruiz, D-California; Larry Bucshon, R-Indiana, Ami Bera, D-California; and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa. The measure has 149 co-sponsors: 110 Democrats and 39 Republicans.
Summary
The legislation would adjust payments under the Medicare physician fee schedule. Specifically, the bill would tie Medicare physician payments to annual increases in the Medicare Economic Index, reflecting the costs of inflation for providers. The legislation (H.R. 2474)...
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