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- House Bill Would Mitigate Medicare Cut; CAP Working to Stop Reductions
On December 7, the House Energy & Commerce Committee passed legislation that mitigates the impact of the Medicare cuts in 2024, mirroring action taken by the Senate Finance Committee that would also raise the budget neutrality threshold and extend bonuses for alternative payment models. The CAP applauds the Energy and Commerce Committee for passing legislation to provide short-term relief while taking steps to stabilize the physician payment system.
The CAP continues to urge Congress to pass legislation to mitigate cuts to pathology services until long-term reforms are enacted. Without congressional action, physicians will face a cut of 3.37%. Throughout 2023, the CAP has urged Congress to protect patient access to pathology services:
- In April, CAP members attended 145 congressional meetings with members of the Senate and House of Representatives informing them of the value pathology and laboratory medicine brings to patient care and the impact their services have on their constituents.
- In September, CAP members sent 1,700 messages to 363 members of Congress in a campaign to urge for the reduction of 2024 Medicare cuts.
- In October, the CAP and 46 health care organizations sent a letter to Congress asking them to halt the implementation of the G2211 code which created across-the-board cuts to all physicians and other providers under the fee schedule.
- In October, over 60 pathologists participated in “virtual fly-in’s” to urge their representatives and senators to stop the cuts.
- In November, the CAP and more than 50 physician and health care groups urged House and Senate leadership to mitigate the cuts to physicians in the final 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
- CAP members published op-ed and letters to the editor in key congressional districts urging Congress to act.