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- CAP and Over 100 Health Care Groups Ask Congress for Substantive Medicare Payment Reform
The CAP joined the American Medical Association (AMA) and over 100 organizations asking Congress to address substantive Medicare payment reform. The group asked Congress to hold hearings and work with stakeholders on exploring long-term payment solutions.
In the January 23 letter, the group said “Congress has a unique opportunity to adopt comprehensive, transformative reforms to the Medicare payment system over the next several years. Such reform is imperative to sustaining medical practices and ensuring a robust workforce to care for the growing number of America’s seniors.”
An intense lobbying effort by the CAP and a coalition of physician groups, including the AMA, convinced Congress to mitigate Medicare cuts in 2023. The CAP and the physician groups lobbied lawmakers to mitigate the impact of the Medicare cuts, stemming from the program’s policy to increase payment for evaluation and management services. The CAP, for example, had been lobbying Congress to stop this cut since the CAP’s Hill Day in May. But the CAP and the group want Congress to provide substantive Medicare Payment reform.
The CAP will continue to advocate for a Medicare payment system that incentivizes high-value care for seniors, appropriately compensates pathologists.