Medical Economics October 30, 2024
Representatives have bipartisan support in House, numerous backers among health organizations.
Lawmakers and numerous health and physician organizations are supporting legislation that would increase, not cut, Medicare reimbursement for doctors in 2025.
Physicians in the House of Representatives are among the supporters of the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act. The bipartisan bill would avert a planned 2.8% cut and increases 1.8% to the conversion factor in 2025, relative to the 2024 conversion factor, according to the office of Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-North Carolina).
“America’s physicians are at a breaking point and access to high-quality, affordable care is at risk for millions of Medicare patients,”Murphy said in a news release. “When a physician sees a Medicare patient, they...
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