Becker's Healthcare September 30, 2024
Francesca Mathewes

Physician legislators are circulating a letter asking their colleagues in Congress to address decreasing Medicare reimbursements.

Here are five things to know about the letter:

1. The letter was not dated and was unsigned at the time of release, but a Sept. 27 follow-up release by the American College of Radiologists indicated that the letter was created by Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD, and Jimmy Panetta, with the support of their colleagues Greg Murphy, MD, Raul Ruiz, MD, Larry Bucshon, MD, Kim Schrier, MD, John Joyce, MD and Ami Bera, MD.

2. The letter urges Congress to “expeditiously pass legislative fixes” to continued cuts to Medicare payments. In July, the Biden administration passed the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule...

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