Physician Fee Schedule Reform Tops Providers’ Agenda

About 100 organizations representing more than a million providers are urging lawmakers to move on longer-term Medicare physician pay reforms, starting with hearings on the issue, after Congress only partially offset cuts for 2023 and 2024. The providers call for Congress to act to avoid the continuous threat of year-over-year cuts. For example, the Medical Group Management Association says championing physician pay policies that set out appropriate pay rates is one of its top advocacy priorities for 2023, and the...