Forbes March 11, 2025
Congress is poised to deliver physicians its fifth consecutive Medicare pay cut.
The recent congressional spending package failed to adjust physician reimbursement rates, leaving doctors to absorb a 6.3% reduction in compensation. This comprises a direct 2.8% pay cut and a 3.5% increase in medical inflation — or the rising costs of operating a practice — as calculated by Medicare’s economic indices.
However, House Republican leadership has now assured the GOP Doctors Caucus that it will block these physician payment reductions in the upcoming budget reconciliation process.
Will this commitment suffice to preserve Medicare access for patients?
How Is Congress Going To Cut Physician Pay?
Congress did not enact new legislation explicitly reducing physician pay; instead, it permitted a scheduled...
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