Doctors have suffered under Medicare’s inadequate reimbursement arrangement for too long. It’s up to Congress to align Medicare’s flawed payment structure with economic reality.
Doctors who treat Medicare beneficiaries are in for leaner times, judging from the program’s recently announced reimbursement update. And it will be those beneficiaries who will pay the price.
The proposed changes to Medicare’s “fee schedule” would technically increase doctor reimbursement by 2.5%. But the government is also proposing to cut payments for many procedures with a 2.5% “efficiency adjustment.” This, together with several other changes to how doctor pay is calculated, will result in cuts in reimbursement for many physicians.
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Doctors and patients have endured enough pay cuts from Medicare
Sally C. Pipes
Doctors have suffered under Medicare’s inadequate reimbursement arrangement for too long. It’s up to Congress to align Medicare’s flawed payment structure with economic reality.
Doctors who treat Medicare beneficiaries are in for leaner times, judging from the program’s recently announced reimbursement update. And it will be those beneficiaries who will pay the price.
The proposed changes to Medicare’s “fee schedule” would technically increase doctor reimbursement by 2.5%. But the government is also proposing to cut payments for many procedures with a 2.5% “efficiency adjustment.” This, together with several other changes to how doctor pay is calculated, will result in cuts in reimbursement for many physicians.
Read the entire op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.