People close to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are exploring a proposal that could upend how physician payment is determined in America, four sources familiar with the process told STAT. The policy would reduce the role played by the main physician lobby, the American Medical Association, in determining what Medicare pays for medical services. It revives a proposal that’s been periodically raised by Republicans over the past two decades, but has not been implemented.
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Source: https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/20/rfk-jr-ama-medicare-doctor-pay-ruc/