Business Insider November 16, 2022
Jason Lalljee

  • Reimbursements for doctors who see Medicare patients are set to be cut by up to 8.5% starting next year.
  • Doctors warn cuts will prevent seniors from getting vital health services.
  • A bipartisan group of congresspeople wrote a letter to congressional leadership asking them to intervene.

New changes are set to come to Medicare next year. They will likely make expenses tighter for doctors, and put vital healthcare out of reach for some older patients.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a federal agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, announced several policy changes in early November that will come into effect at the beginning of next year.

Among them are Medicare...

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Topics: CMS, Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Medicare, Patient / Consumer, Physician, Provider
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