With just a few weeks left in the year remaining, CAP members are asking their members of Congress to stop flawed Medicare payment cuts from taking effect on January 1.
Situational awareness: There are fewer than 14 legislative days left before lawmakers break for the holidays.
- The CAP activated an action alert for our members to easily send messages to their representatives and senators.
Lawmakers are making year-end decisions that will shape laboratory services and physician payment for 2026 and beyond.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released next year’s Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, which includes an “efficiency adjustment” that cuts Medicare payments by 2.5%.
- By the numbers: These cuts will affect 7,000 services from almost all specialties, based not on new data but on assumed “efficiencies.”
What we’re doing: The CAP is continuing to lead advocacy efforts to stop these drastic payment cuts and is asking lawmakers to stop Medicare’s planned efficiency adjustment.
- We emphasize that the policy represents a cut of tens of millions of dollars to pathology professional diagnostic services.
- Review the CAP’s impact table to compare next year’s changes to current rates.
Congress listens when we speak up: By taking action today, you’ll help protect patients and strengthen the specialty of pathology.
- Contact your elected officials and urge them to advance long-overdue Medicare payment reforms that address chronic underfunding, strengthen physician practices, and ensure the pathology workforce can continue delivering high-quality diagnostic care.