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Mashup Score: 8As practices fight to survive, health plans see another payday - 7 hour(s) ago
For doctors, it’s five straight years of Medicare payment cuts. For Medicare Advantage plans, pay’s going up 4.33%. Congress must fix Medicare now.
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Mashup Score: 11With Medicare cut after cut, even big medical groups at risk - 14 day(s) ago
From Washington to Florida, ob-gyn and physician executive health care leader Nariman Heshmati, MD, sees the financial strains to stay in the black.
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From Washington to Florida, ob-gyn and physician executive health care leader Nariman Heshmati, MD, sees the financial strains to stay in the black. #FixMedicareNow https://t.co/qxagvkTfmQ
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Mashup Score: 1MedPAC gets it: Tie Medicare payments to inflation - 22 day(s) ago
The AMA welcomes MedPAC’s decision to link Medicare payments to the growth in the cost of providing care.
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Today MedPAC voted to recommend linking next year’s physician payment update to the growth in the cost of providing care, showing a keen grasp of what's needed to ensure patients have continued access to care. Congress should take note. https://t.co/s82Ik3mVPg #FixMedicareNow
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Mashup Score: 5Medicare Advantage programs receive boost while physicians wait - 25 day(s) ago
The AMA pointed out that while Congress allowed yet another round of physician Medicare payment cuts, MA plans received a healthy boost.
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Medicare Advantage plans to see a 4.33% payment boost in 2026, yet docs treating Medicare patients face yet another cut despite rising costs. This is unacceptable. Congress must link physician pay to care costs to protect patient access. https://t.co/S2U0jtAcvV #FixMedicareNow
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Mashup Score: 15Congressional action on Medicare payments must occur this year - 2 month(s) ago
Congress must act now to stop the proposed 2025 physician payment cut and add an inflation-based update to maintain patient access to Medicare.
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Congress must act now to stop the proposed 2025 physician payment cut and add an inflation-based update to maintain patient access to Medicare. #FixMedicareNow https://t.co/jGAiYb1aQB
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Mashup Score: 14
That drop in payments has a ripple effect through the health care system. It’s particularly hard on small, rural practices, some doctors say.
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Adjusted for inflation, Medicare pays doctors nearly 30% less than in 2001. And in January, rates will drop another 3%—unless Congress acts. Meanwhile, practice costs are set to rise 3.6%. Let's #FixMedicareNow! https://t.co/5HUSLKkJaE
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Mashup Score: 17Congress must act as Medicare pay cut is set - 3 month(s) ago
A final rule issued today determined that physicians face a 2.8 percent cut beginning Jan. 1 unless Congress responds.
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The end-of-year panic over pending Medicare cuts faced by physicians year after year is getting old. The fee schedule rule released today starts the clock—with Jan. 1 looming. Passing H.R. 10073 will take hard work. Let's #FixMedicareNow. https://t.co/NMzSth39JF
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Mashup Score: 11Medicare physician payment reform has never been more urgent - 4 month(s) ago
CMS’ latest round of proposed Medicare payment cuts underscores why physicians demand reform. Stopgap measures and quick fixes won’t work.
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For many U.S. physicians, the current rate of Medicare payment is lower than when they graduated med school. Fact is, physicians are paying the price for a broken Medicare payment system. Congress must #FixMedicareNow and support our nation's physicians. https://t.co/2i73QTXb1h
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Mashup Score: 6Fighting for physicians - 5 month(s) ago
The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most—patients.
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"We need to act urgently. We're at a point where I’m hearing from colleagues that they're not sure how long they're able to keep their practices open. This is going to be devastating for patients." This is why we fight. #FixMedicareNow https://t.co/2xiRNE3WV2
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Mashup Score: 15NC health resources strained as Medicare shortchanges doctors - 5 month(s) ago
With dwindling payments, many smaller, independent physician practices must cut back on staffing or services, stop seeing Medicare patients, or even close their doors completely.
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Adjusted for inflation, Medicare payments to physicians have dropped 29% since 2001, creating an uncertain future for practices. It's critical political leaders address the looming doctor shortage, not make it worse with short-sighted cuts. #FixMedicareNow https://t.co/hSAj9hRrA2
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As practices fight to survive, health plans see another payday. For doctors, it’s 5 straight years of Medicare payment cuts. For Medicare Advantage plans, pay’s going up 4.33%. Congress must #FixMedicareNow. https://t.co/8SoIeR5GEw