Left-Leaning Center For American Progress Calls For Rebalancing Physician Pay, Moving Away From RUC

By Michelle M. Stein / July 13, 2018 at 11:22 AM
The Center for American Progress calls for reforming how the health system determines pay for physician services, arguing that improving the accuracy of Medicare pay rates is critical to a successful value-based pay system built on fee-for-service or moving to a single-payer system. The left-leaning group contends the American Medical Association coding committee appears to have conflicts of interest. CAP says it is unlikely the Trump administration will overhaul the system and urges outside researchers and policy experts to lay...


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