Providers Call For Physician Pay Raises, APM Bonuses Extension

More than 100 provider groups called on Senate and House leaders to replace an upcoming pay freeze with pay bumps, extend alternative pay model bonuses and make other improvements to the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015. In a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), on June 3, various national and state medical groups, including the...