Medical Economics March 8, 2024
Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, calls for a complete reboot of the Medicare Advantage program.
A 1.68% increase in Medicare funding for physicians is just not enough, said Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-North Carolina), co-chair of the GOP Doctors Caucus.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule would cut physician reimbursement by 3.37%. With rising costs and price inflation, reimbursement has become a red-hot issue for doctors in the nation’s capital.
The House of Representatives voted March 6 to restore a 1.68% increase to physicians in federal spending bills needed to avert a government shutdown. Physician groups panned the move, and Murphy, a career urologist and the only practicing surgeon in Congress,...
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