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- Over 100 Medical Professional Groups Urge Congress to Stop Medicare Pay Cuts
The CAP and over 100 other health and medical professional organizations strongly urged members of Congress to stop Medicare cuts in 2023. The coalition asked House Reps. Ami Bera, MD (D-CA), and Larry Bucshon, MD, (R-IN) to quickly pass the Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2022 (HR 8800), which aims to lessen the upcoming Medicare reimbursement cuts in 2023 and provides guidance to improve the Medicare Payment system for physicians. The CAP has urged that Congress take action to mitigate Medicare reimbursement cuts, while preserving critical physician services for Medicare patients.
In the September 30 letter, the coalition who included the American Medical Association (AMA), and the American College of Surgeons (ACS), emphasized how, “this critical legislation provides a 4.42% positive adjustment to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) conversion factor (CF) for CY2023, thereby mitigating payment cuts within the MPFS that are anticipated to take effect on January 1, 2023…The long‐term consequence of failing to avert the cuts is less patient access to care.”
The bipartisan legislation would alleviate Medicare cuts for all physicians. It would not only mitigate the upcoming Medicare reimbursement cuts in 2023 but also outlines a path to improve the Medicare Payment system for physicians.
The CAP will advocate to get the Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2022 included in end-of-year legislation.