CMO: Medicare’s Proposed Physician Payment Cut ‘Absolutely the Wrong Direction’

HealthLeaders Media July 12, 2024
Christopher Cheney

Physician reimbursement from Medicare decreased 29% from 2001 to 2024, according to the American Medical Association.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

– If the proposed 2.8% cut to 2025 Medicare physician reimbursement is adopted, it would be the fifth consecutive year of payment cuts, according to the American Medical Association.

– The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing a payment cut despite predicting that physician practice cost inflation will increase by 3.6% in 2025.

The proposed 2.8% physician payment cut in the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule is not sustainable, the CMO of a New Jersey-based health system says.

On July 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule for the Physician Fee Schedule that would...

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