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While we welcome the new year, cuts to Medicare are affecting payment for your services.
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule includes an "efficiency adjustment" that cut Medicare payments by 2.5% starting January 1, 2026.
By the numbers: 7,000 physician services from almost all specialties are being reduced based on assumed “efficiencies” rather than supporting data.
- Continued cuts to pathology services result in patients having longer turnaround times for test results.
- Delays in diagnoses lead to delayed treatment, added stress for patients and laboratory staff, and, in serious cases, worse outcomes.
- These cuts also disproportionately affect rural and underserved communities.
Now is the time to act. There's still time to stop additional payment cuts to pathology. Use our Action Alert to tell Congress how these arbitrary cuts will affect you, your labs, and your patients.