Top doctors groups are pressing Congress to overhaul the way Medicare pays physicians just as lawmakers are getting pulled into the politically charged debate over possible cuts to entitlement programs.
The new appeals serve notice that there's political risk if provider cuts become part of conservative-led efforts to balance the federal budget or a deal on raising the debt limit.for "long-term, substantive payment reforms," saying Medicare payments to clinicians have declined 22% from 2001 to 2021, when adjusted for inflation.
"Our payroll has gone up 20% in the last year," said Bobby Mukkamala, a head and neck surgeon and immediate past president of the AMA Board of Trustees.
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