Medicare's recently-announced 2023 physician payment rule likely trims doctors' pay even as it aims to expand patients' access to behavioral health services, chronic pain management, and hearing screening.
November 03, 2022
That"would severely impede patient access to care due to the forced closure of physician practices and put further strain on those that remained open during the pandemic," he said. "This cannot wait until next Congress — there are claims processing implications for retroactively applying these policies," Gilberg said.
And more than 70 members of the House support a bill intended to block a slated 4.4% MACRA-related cut in physician pay for 2023. Two physicians, Rep. Ami Bera, MD, and Rep. Larry Bucshon sponsored the bill. Congress also needs to retool its approach to alternative payment models intended to improve the quality of patient care, Iroku-Malize said.
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