MGMA and 120+ organizations urge Congress to fix physician payment (September 10, 2024)

September 10, 2024 
 

The Honorable Mike Johnson	The Honorable Charles Schumer
Speaker	Majority Leader
U.S. House of Represenatives	U.S. Senate
H-232, The Capitol	S-221, The Capitol
Washington, D.C. 20515	Washington, D.C. 20510

 

The Honorable Mitch McConnell	The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries
Minority Leader	Minority Leader
U.S. Senate	U.S. House of Representatives
S-230, The Capitol	H-204, The Capitol
Washington, D.C. 20510	Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Jeffries:

On behalf of the undersigned physician and non-physician organizations, representing more than one million clinicians and the patients they serve, we are once again drawing your attention to year-over-year cuts to the flawed Medicare physician payment system. Congress must take action to fix this unsustainable system so Medicare payments to physicians and other clinicians reflect the cost of practice and ensure Medicare beneficiaries have timely access to care. Step one is ensuring that Medicare payments to clinicians in 2025 and beyond are adjusted each year with an inflationary update.

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