Becker's ASC

Primary care physicians to lose 10% Medicare bonus — 5 takeaways

The Medicare primary care physician incentive program is set to expire next year, causing primary care physicians to lose a 10 percent bonus for caring for Medicare patients, according to Albuquerque ...
Health Affairs

Valuing Cognitive Effort In Primary Care: Rebalancing Medicare Physician Payment

Primary care providers in the United States are in short supply leading to reduced access to preventive and longitudinal care. A recent survey shows that wait times at primary care have increased ...

Former White House advisor on the real reason your health care costs are going up: Medicare’s doctor pay gap

For years, Medicare has paid more for services and procedures provided in a hospital than in a physician practice.
Fierce Healthcare

Doctors, facing another pay cut in 2025, call for permanent Medicare payment reform

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is moving forward with a 2.9% cut to physician payments in 2025 despite protest from major industry groups. CMS announced Friday it finalized the ...
Modern Healthcare

AMA pushes Medicare pay hikes bill

Medical societies and allied healthcare organizations are lobbying policymakers to focus on primary care amid a worsening physician shortage. The American Medical Association and the Primary Care ...
Fierce Healthcare

CMS' proposed 2.8% physician pay decrease for CY2025 earns quick condemnation from docs

The Biden administration is proposing a 2.8% decrease to physician payments in its newly released pay proposal for physicians, drawing near-immediate protest from the industry. Unveiled Wednesday ...
Yahoo

Welch bill would ‘stabilize’ Medicare reimbursements to primary-care physicians

Senator Peter Welch said Monday he is introducing legislation to address what he called a healthcare “crisis” in the country. Welch and Republican Senator John Boozman of Arkansas introduced the ...
STAT

Medicare’s new pay boost for primary care is angering specialists

WASHINGTON — Doctors are staring down a cut to their Medicare pay next year, and while the news has united them in outrage, it’s also turned one specialty against another. Medicare officials last week ...
Odessa American

TONI SAYS: Doctor no longer accepts Medicare: How do I file a medical claim?

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.
The Heritage Foundation

Prescription: Reform Medicare Physician Payments

It is well past time for Congress to reform Medicare physician payments. Current law is not only failing the hundreds of thousands of doctors who participate in the giant program, but also the nearly ...
Healthcare Dive

Medicare finalizes controversial cut to specialty care next year

Medicare has locked in a controversial pay cut for specialty doctors next year, normalizing reimbursement between specialists and primary care doctors and curbing the influence of a powerful physician ...
AOL

Do You Need a Primary Care Doctor with Medicare Supplement?

Medicare supplement plans, also called Medigap plans, don’t require you to have a primary care physician (PCP) because these plans do not directly cover healthcare costs. Instead, they help cover ...