Fierce Healthcare September 7, 2022
Several provider groups say the Biden administration needs to reverse a proposed 4.5% pay cut to doctors for next year, noting the agency needs to consider additional financial pressures that practices are facing.
Groups said in comments to the Physician Fee Schedule that were due Tuesday that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) also needs to make long-term reforms to how medical practices are paid.
“Medicare physician payment rates have failed to keep up with the cost of inflation and have become increasingly insufficient,” wrote the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) in comments. “These impacts have only been exacerbated by budget neutrality requirements and congressionally mandated sequestration cuts.”
CMS proposed a 2023 conversion factor of...
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