MedPAC Votes To Recommend Linking Doc Pay To MEI, Lobbyists Push Congressional Reform

By Jalen Brown / January 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) unanimously voted on Thursday (Jan. 16) to recommend that Congress tie next year’s physician payment update to the Medicare Economic Index (MEI) minus one percentage point, which would result in a 1.3% increase, and introduce safety-net add-on payments for clinicians providing care to low-income Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries.


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