Cuts In Medicare Reimbursements By ACP Forecast To Accelerate Collapse Of Primary Care

I didn't realize it had been 7 years, but this time every year Congress has to deal the same issue every year that continues to erode not only the pay received by physicians, but also the entire health care structure as we know it today...BD

The American College of Physicians (ACP) has renewed its call on Congress to replace the 10.1 percent devastating cuts in Medicare reimbursements set to take effect Jan. 1 with at least two years of positive updates that are paid for in a way that does not make the problem worse in future years. The organization of 124,000 internal medicine physicians, related subspecialists and medical students reacted to the final physician fee schedule published late last Thurs. by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

"We have been fighting this annual battle over-and-over again for seven years now. The Senate needs to join the House in passing legislation that will pay for positive updates in the next two years. In the long term, more fundamental reforms of Medicare payment policies will be needed."

Cuts In Medicare Reimbursements By ACP Forecast To Accelerate Collapse Of Primary Care