AMA President Urges Congress To Prioritize Physician Pay Relief, Prior Authorization Reform

CHICAGO -- Congress must enact Medicare reforms aimed at addressing the steady decline in physician pay and reducing administrative hurdles by tying reimbursement to inflation, streamlining Medicare Advantage prior authorization, and exempting doctors with high approval rates from authorization requirements, new American Medical Association President Bruce Scott told Inside Health Policy in an exclusive interview. Scott flagged four legislative reforms that AMA wants included when Congress crafts a broader package to overhaul how Medicare pays physicians: legislation floated by...