MedPage Today November 5, 2025
It ‘does not go far enough’ to address the last two decades of payment cuts, they say
Physician groups were generally dissatisfied with the final 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule released late last week by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
“Decades of repeated Medicare cuts and rising costs have created an unsustainable situation that is pushing practices, many of whom are small businesses, to the brink of closure and threatening patients’ access to care,” William Harvey, MD, MSc, president of the American College of Rheumatology, said in a statement. “This final rule from CMS does not go far enough to address the 33% decline in reimbursement physicians have faced since 2001. Congress can no longer ignore...
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