{"id":2572,"date":"2024-08-27T15:49:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T15:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.psva.org\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2024-08-28T19:49:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T19:49:28","slug":"urge-congress-to-pass-necessary-physician-payment-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.psva.org\/?p=2572","title":{"rendered":"Urge Congress to Pass Necessary Physician Payment Reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2572\" class=\"elementor elementor-2572\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-400e3c0d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"400e3c0d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3c017e\" data-id=\"c3c017e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-168cd8ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"168cd8ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Congress has taken action to mitigate some of the recent Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) cuts on a temporary basis, reimbursement continues to decline. To make matters worse, physicians remain the only providers whose Medicare payments do not automatically receive an annual inflationary update. As a result, Medicare physician payments have lagged 29% behind the rate of inflation growth since 2001. This places a terrible financial burden on physicians and makes it difficult for them to keep their doors open and ensure quality care for patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lack of adequate reimbursement for psychiatry is particularly problematic and as a result, limits the numbers of psychiatrists accepting Medicare patients. In collaboration with our partners in the house of medicine, APA continues to advocate to reform the Medicare physician payment system, including in a recent letter to Congressional leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We need you today to urge your member of Congress to support H.R. 2474, the Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act. This bipartisan legislation will provide an annual inflationary physician payment update in Medicare tied to the Medicare Economic Index (MEI).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81c7be5 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"81c7be5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.votervoice.net\/AmericanPsych\/Campaigns\/117448\/Respond\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Urge Congress to Pass Necessary Physician Payment Reforms<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Congress has taken action to mitigate some of the recent Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) cuts on a temporary basis, reimbursement continues to decline. To make matters worse, physicians remain the only providers whose Medicare payments do not automatically receive an annual inflationary update. 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