MedPage Today June 13, 2024
— Inadequate payments could force some docs to stop accepting Medicare patients, commission warns
Boosting physician fee-for-service (FFS) payment rates and implementing site-neutral payment are among the ideas discussed in the Medicare Payment Assessment Commission’s (MedPAC) June report to Congress, which was released Thursday.
Although Medicare beneficiaries’ access to physicians appears adequate for now, “the commission is concerned about whether payments will remain adequate in the future,” according to the report. “Payment rates are set to be flat in 2025 and, starting in 2026, increase by 0.75% per year for qualifying clinicians participating in A-APMs [advanced alternative payment models] and by 0.25% for all other clinicians.”
“Meanwhile, clinicians’ input costs, as measured by the Medicare Economic Index (MEI), are expected...
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