Healthcare Finance News March 12, 2025
More practices will close and Medicare patients will pay the price, says AMA President Dr. Bruce A. Scott.
Physicians are again shortchanged in a spending bill proposal to avert a government shutdown by the end of this week.
The continuing resolution that passed the House on Tuesday, and which now moves on to the Senate, contains no provision to stop the 2.8% Medicare physician pay cut that went into effect on Jan. 1.
“Physicians across the country are outraged that Congress’s proposed spending package locks in a devastating fifth consecutive year of Medicare cuts, threatening access to care for 66 million Medicare patients,” said AMA President Dr. Bruce A. Scott by statement. “Despite repeated warnings, lawmakers are once again...