Lawmakers To Unveil Bill Fully Offsetting 2.8% Medicare Pay Cut After Year-End Deal Collapsed

By Jalen Brown, Christian Robles / January 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Lawmakers are planning to unveil a bipartisan bill soon that would fully offset the 2.8% Medicare reimbursement cut that took effect this month and boost physician payments by 2.5%, according to the American Medical Association (AMA), which hopes the proposal can be attached to Congress’ spending package in mid-March. “On March 15, the federal funding for this current year expires, and they have to pass a bigger package,” Jason Marino, AMA director of congressional affairs, said during a webinar Wednesday...


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