Becker's Healthcare January 16, 2025
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission on Jan. 16 voted to recommend tying next year’s Medicare physician payment update to the growth in care costs.
The proposal would be a significant step toward ensuring patient access, according to the American Medical Association. The association supports linking Medicare updates to the Medicare Economic Index but notes that the recommended 2026 update (MEI minus one percentage point) still falls short of covering practice cost inflation.
“This recommendation slightly adjusts the formula it endorsed last year to increase payment by 50% of MEI,” AMA President Bruce Scott, MD, said in a Jan. 16 statement shared with Becker’s. “While neither recommendation covers the estimated inflation that physician...
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