The decreasing value of Medicare reimbursements for physicians has caught the attention of a group of doctors in Congress. Our Heath Care Group explains how draft legislation would stabilize the ...
At the end of January, Medicare users are going to face a major shakeup. Starting February 1, Americans on the ...
On December 9, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS's) Calendar Year 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (the Final Rule) was published in the Federal Register. The Final Rule ...
The Biden administration Thursday finalized policy changes for Medicare reimbursements in 2024 that will cut payments to physicians by 1.25% compared to 2023. The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule ...
The 2023 Physician Fee Schedule final rule was released and swiftly drew condemnations from physician leaders because of a 4.5% cut to reimbursement. CMS released the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) ...
The Trump administration is proposing a pay bump for physicians in 2026, alongside new reforms that align with the agency's Make America Healthy Again positioning. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
Let’s start with the headline figure that’s got everyone talking: The conversion factor dropped to $32.3465 for 2025 from $33.2875 in 2024. This 2.83% reduction might seem modest in isolation, but ...
RWJBarnabas Health executive says lawmakers should enact a permanent, annual inflation-based update to Medicare physician payments. Congress should intervene to block a 2.8% physician payment cut in ...
Medicare's recently-announced 2023 physician payment rule likely trims doctors' pay even as it aims to expand patients' access to behavioral health services, chronic pain management, and hearing ...
Medicare physician spending plunged nearly 14% below what had been expected last year due to the effects of COVID-19, which the American Medical Association said is being exacerbated by physician fee ...