Chief Healthcare Executive December 24, 2024
Lawmakers approved a stopgap bill to avoid a government shutdown, but Congress didn’t block Medicare payment cuts to doctors taking effect in 2025. The package doesn’t address prior authorization reform.
Congress managed to avoid a government shutdown, but lawmakers failed to address some key priorities sought by trade groups representing doctors and healthcare organizations.
Lawmakers didn’t include any language blocking planned cuts in Medicare payments to physicians that take place in 2025. The package also didn’t include measures to reform pre-approval policies from insurers, which hamper patient care, doctors say.
Groups representing doctors hoped that Congress would prevent, or at least mitigate, the planned 2.8% cut in payments to physicians. After objections from President-elect Donald Trump, lawmakers scrapped an earlier...
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