Medicare cuts are looming unless Congress acts. ACEP and more than 100 organizations urge Congress to provide clinicians with the financial stability needed to ensure access to high-quality care.
“Step one is ensuring that Medicare payments to clinicians in 2025 and beyond are adjusted each year with an inflationary update,” the letter said. “Congress must act before the end of 2024 to provide clinicians with the financial stability needed to ensure beneficiaries continue to have access to high-quality care.
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule is the only payment system within Medicare that lacks an inflationary update. Bipartisan legislation would add a permanent inflationary update and two additional bills have been introduced to change budget neutrality requirements.
You can voice your support for stabilizing Medicare physician payment by visiting the ACEP Advocacy Action Center.
