Healthcare Innovation July 10, 2024
CMS’s release of its proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule has prompted expressions of concern from national associations
The release on July 10 of the proposed Calendar Year 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is causing consternation among national healthcare associations, who are criticizing both the 2.93-percent decrease to physician reimbursement contained in the proposed schedule, and some elements around benchmarks in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) that are contained in the proposed schedule.
The announcement was posted late on Wednesday afternoon on the CMS website, in the form of a press release. The press release began thus: “Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers...