Medical Economics December 11, 2024
Richard Payerchin

Key Takeaways

  • The proposed 2.8% cut in the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule poses significant challenges for physicians, exacerbating financial pressures amid medical inflation.
  • The Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act seeks to eliminate the cut and introduce a 1.8% increase, addressing some inflationary pressures.
  • Bipartisan support is deemed crucial for the bill’s success, highlighting the need for political unity in addressing physician reimbursement issues.
  • With limited legislative days left in 2024, there is urgency to resolve the reimbursement issue, with assurances from leadership to address it.

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, discusses his bill to stop the planned Medicare reimbursement reduction.

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, is sponsoring legislation to improve Medicare pay to doctors.

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Topics: CMS, Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Medicare, Physician, Provider
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