“Don’t Cut Doctors

ATTENTION:

It’s up to YOU to tell Congress that another round of dramatic Medicare cuts would hurt patients and doctors. These cuts CAN be prevented. Tell Congress to quit playing politics with patients and share YOUR story about these cuts would affect YOU!

Use the secure form above to add your name to the following letter to your Representative in Congress: 

I write you today to inform you of the dire need to address staggering cuts that are set to apply to all health care providers under Medicare. While it is vital that Congress pass a continuing resolution (CR) that provides certainty in funding for federal agencies and programs, it is also imperative that Congress address this significant cliff in physician reimbursement and provide consistency to patients and providers.

To be clear, patients and providers agree that cuts to Medicare reimbursment are cuts to Medicare.

Specifically, there are two key issues that Congress could address within and alongside the CR to bring more certainty to radiologists and other physicians who have been pushed to the brink by historic inflation and the pandemic:

• Pass the Senate Finance Committee’s proposal to blunt Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Cuts. This will also help to blunt the substantial impact inflation and supply chain constraints have had upon has practice costs and patient care. 

• Advance discussions on long-term Medicare Physician Fee Schedule reform to increase parity between provider types. Providers should not be subjected to the chronic threat of consistent substantial cuts that negatively impact those that need care the most and further increase health inequities, access and patient outcomes. The annual “market basket” adjustment increasing reimbursement for hospital services by several billion dollars, while simultaneously cutting Medicare reimbursement to independent physicians, will lead to greater consolidation and reduced access to care as independent physicians continue to disappear. Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Payments cannot keep falling behind.

On behalf of patients and providers, thank you in advance of your time and consideration of these very important issues.