Health care is in crisis, but tying physician reimbursement to inflation is one way to stabilize the American health care system, according to the American Medical Association (AMA). On April 10, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission voted unanimously to recommend Congress replace current law updates to the physician fee schedule with an annual change based on the Medicare Economic Index, such as MEI minus 1%. That is “a timely recommendation as lawmakers wrestle with how to handle yet another cut in physician pay,” according to AMA. Association President Bruce A. Scott, MD, issued a statement of support similar to previous ones because the issue has been under discussion for months.
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Source: https://www.medicaleconomics.com/view/medpac-proposal-on-medicare-physician-pay-prompts-praise-from-ama