Healthcare DIVE March 11, 2025
The continuing resolution left in place a physician pay cut from Jan. 1, despite lobbyists’ hopes lawmakers would reverse it.
Dive Brief:
- Doctors criticized a funding bill released by House Republicans over the weekend that would approve a 2.8% cut to the Medicare payment rate for physicians.
- The continuing resolution, which will need to be approved by the House and Senate, left in place a payment cut from Jan. 1, despite lobbyists’ hopes lawmakers would reverse it.
- In a statement on Sunday, Bruce Scott, president of the American Medical Association, decried the spending bill. “The window to reverse this reckless decision is rapidly closing,” Scott said. “Lawmakers must explain either why protecting access to quality health care is...
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