MGMA statement on Congress' proposed CR (December 17, 2024)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 17, 2024

Media Contact:
Emily Dowsett
Director, Policy Communications
edowsett@mgma.com
 

MGMA statement on Congress' proposed CR

Anders Gilberg
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
Medical Group Management Association

“The health provisions in the proposed CR represent a mixed bag for medical groups. On one hand, MGMA is pleased that Congress heeded our call to extend telehealth flexibilities through the end of 2026, increase APM incentive payments to 3.53%, and extend the 1.0 Medicare work GPCI floor. These are big wins for medical groups. On the other hand, we are deeply disappointed that Congress failed to fully remedy the looming 2025 Medicare payment cut to physician practices. Any cut, however fractional, is unacceptable. Finally, not including legislation to reform prior authorization, which has the support of a bipartisan majority of the House and Senate, nearly 500 endorsing stakeholder organizations, a CBO score of zero, and little to no opposition, represents a huge congressional end-of-year failure and another win for big insurance to the detriment of America's patients.”

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About MGMA

Founded in 1926, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is the nation's largest association focused on the business of medical practice management. MGMA consists of 15,000 group medical practices ranging from small private medical practices to large national health systems representing more than 350,000 physicians. MGMA helps nearly 60,000 medical practice leaders and the healthcare community solve the business challenges of running practices so that they can focus on providing outstanding patient care. Specifically, MGMA helps its members innovate and improve profitability and financial sustainability, and it provides the gold standard on industry benchmarks such as physician compensation. The association also advocates extensively on its members' behalf on national regulatory and policy issues.