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Neurosurgery Joins AMA-Led Coalition in Urging Congress to Reverse Medicare Cuts

  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
  • The Honorable Mike Johnson
    Speaker
    United States House of Representatives
    H-232, The Capitol
    Washington, DC 20515
  • The Honorable Charles Schumer
    Majority Leader
    United States Senate
    S-221, The Capitol
    Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20510
  • The Honorable Mitch McConnell
    Republican Leader
    United States Senate
    S-230, The Capitol
    Washington, DC 20510
  • The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries
    Minority Leader
    United States House of Representatives
    H-204, The Capitol
    Washington, DC 20515

Dear Speaker Johnson, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, and Leader Jeffries:

The undersigned national medical organizations and state medical societies write to strongly urge Congress to quickly pass legislation to reverse the 3.37 percent Medicare physician payment cuts that took effect on January 1, 2024.

Failure to reverse these cuts will be harmful to the continued viability of physician practices and their ability to care for patients. After three consecutive years of cuts to Medicare services, physicians are at a potential breaking point. Facing a nearly 10 percent reduction in Medicare
payments over the past four years and rising practice costs on top of the burdens and burnout associated with the pandemic, some practices are already limiting the number of Medicare patients they treat. We anticipate these cuts will be felt hardest by small, independent practices, like those in rural and underserved areas that continue to face significant health care access challenges. Continuing down this path is simply unsustainable.

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