Chief Healthcare Executive September 9, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have proposed a reduction in payments to physicians. The American Medical Association says patients will suffer as well.
Doctors have seethed over planned reductions in Medicare payments to physicians, and now they are saying the public needs to be aware of the impact of those cuts.
The American Medical Association is calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to be more transparent about the impact of the cuts in payments to doctors. The CMS has proposed a 2.8% reduction in Medicare payments to physicians, continuing a string of cuts in recent years. Doctors are especially disappointed since the Medicare Economic Index, which is the cost of inflation faced by doctors, is...