Chief Healthcare Executive March 10, 2025
The American Medical Association is fuming over a new federal spending package that won’t block Medicare reductions in payments to physicians.
Doctors had been hoping that Congress might put the brakes on cuts in Medicare payments to physicians, and it appears they’re going to be disappointed.
As Congress works on a federal spending package to finance government programs, the American Medical Association says lawmakers aren’t preventing Medicare’s reductions in payments to doctors. Congress is facing a March 14 deadline to approve a spending package to keep the government running.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved a 2.8% cut in payments to doctors for 2025. Advocacy groups for doctors and hospitals urged lawmakers to reverse the cuts, and some...