A payment system that drives physicians away from Medicare ultimately fails the very people the program was created to serve.
The Trump administration has released Medicare’s proposed physician payment rule for 2027. Buried in the hundreds of pages of technical regulations is a familiar outcome — another cut in what physicians will be paid to care for seniors.
Under the proposal, Medicare’s basic payment rate would fall by as much as 1.7%.
That may sound like a minor budgeting issue. It isn’t. Repeated payment cuts make it harder for Medicare beneficiaries to find a doctor — and place more independent practices under pressure to sell to hospitals.
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Medicare’s Physician Pay Cut Will Cost Patients
Sally C. Pipes
A payment system that drives physicians away from Medicare ultimately fails the very people the program was created to serve.
The Trump administration has released Medicare’s proposed physician payment rule for 2027. Buried in the hundreds of pages of technical regulations is a familiar outcome — another cut in what physicians will be paid to care for seniors.
Under the proposal, Medicare’s basic payment rate would fall by as much as 1.7%.
That may sound like a minor budgeting issue. It isn’t. Repeated payment cuts make it harder for Medicare beneficiaries to find a doctor — and place more independent practices under pressure to sell to hospitals.
Read the 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.