Medical Economics July 17, 2024
Proposed Medicare reimbursement cuts threaten to limit quality care for seniors.
America’s independent doctors’ offices are in critical condition. Physicians and their staff are dealing with an overlapping set of pressures that are making the practice of medicine harder than ever. Increased operating costs, widespread burnout, administrative burdens, staffing shortages, and keeping up with changing regulations all make it difficult to keep the focus on patients. Adding to those complexities was last week’s news from the federal government, that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed yet another cut to Medicare reimbursement for doctor’s offices.If Congress fails to mitigate these cuts by the end of the year, there will be a profound impact on clinicians and patients,...
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