Medicare Payment Cuts Affect Physicians and Patients

With another Medicare payment for physicians cut on the horizon, Texas doctors are urging Congress to pass the new bipartisan Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2024. This will provide temporary relief from the Medicare cut for one year and a modest increase in payment. If lawmakers don’t act, many physicians say their practice’s viability will suffer and they might not be able to care for as many Medicare patients as they wish to. They worry access to health care will be impacted.

Note: The American Medical Association (AMA) provided audio of Bruce Scott, MD, AMA president. His entire speech can be found here.