MedPage Today January 14, 2022
— Medical groups decry the move, given inflation, COVID and doctor burn-out
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted unanimously to support a recommendation of no change to the physician fee schedule for fiscal year 2023 on Thursday, provoking immediate backlash from the American Medical Association (AMA) and other medical groups.
A combination of inflation plus lost revenue during the COVID-19 pandemic sparked concern. Under current law, there is no increase in physicians’ base payment rate in 2023.
In 2020, Medicare paid $64.8 billion to 1.3 million clinicians, reflecting an $8.7 billion drop from 2019. However, as the commission’s technical staff noted, clinicians have received “tens of billions of dollars” in pandemic relief funds from programs such as the Provider...
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