Chief Healthcare Executive November 1, 2024
Ron Southwick

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services announced that a 2.8% reduction in Medicare payments will take effect in 2025. Hospitals also criticized payments for outpatient care.

Doctors likely saw it coming, but the lack of surprise probably doesn’t make it any less frustrating for physicians.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Friday that a 2.8% reduction in Medicare payments to doctors will take effect in 2025. CMS previously proposed the cut in Medicare payments earlier this year, angering doctors and their numerous advocacy groups.

Healthcare groups representing doctors denounced the payment cuts, saying they follow a series of reductions in Medicare payments for physicians in recent years. Doctors and their advocates are pressing Congress to intervene and...

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