MedPage Today January 17, 2020
-But more data on practice costs need to be collected, they urged
WASHINGTON — No change is needed for the current update planned for Medicare physician payments in calendar year 2021, members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) agreed Thursday. But commissioners also emphasized the need for collecting more data on the costs of running a physician practice.
“I support the recommendation [to collect additional data], but I hope we’ll take the work up next year,” said commission member Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, chief health officer at Google.
“We really need to get a better handle on physician expenses from 2020 and beyond, including for health IT” and the costs of running a practice team. For physicians looking to...