Senate Group to Discuss Medicare Payment Reform

June 10, 2024. Issue in Focus. After years of outreach from the AAN and other physician associations, the Senate Committee on Finance has convened a working ...

Senate Finance Holds Hearing to Consider Reforms to Medicare ...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are working to reform the physician payment system following the Medicare reimbursement cut that took effect on January 1, 2024.

Cortez Masto, Blackburn, Thune, Barrasso, Stabenow, Warner ...

... Medicare Payment Reform Working Group. Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John ...

New Bipartisan Senate Workgroup on Medicare Payment

Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Thune (R-S.D.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

Senators Form Medicare Payment Reform Working Group

We believe Congress must make changes to the current Medicare physician payment system to ensure financial stability for providers, improve ...

Senate Finance Committee Moves Toward Addressing…

Senate Finance Committee Moves Toward Addressing Medicare Physician Payment Reform. Arnold Ventures submits a letter in response to a ...

Senate Finance Committee leaders release white paper on ...

Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, released a white paper May 17 outlining policy ...

Senate Medicare payment bill a good first step, but more's needed

The bill would increase the budget-neutrality threshold under the Medicare physician payment schedule to $53 million in 2026, up from $20 million.

Bipartisan Senate workgroup formed to explore Medicare payment ...

The Senate Finance Committee is also expected to take up the issue of long-term Medicare physician payment reforms this year. “As the health ...

Senate committee kicks off Medicare physician payment reform talks

With government funding finally resolved in March, Congress is turning its attention to Medicare physician payment reform with an April 11 ...

Hospital groups blast senators' site-neutral payment reform plan

Sens. Bill Cassidy, M.D., and Maggie Hassan published a policy paper advocating to impose site-neutral Medicare payments on hospitals.

Senate Finance Committee tackles Medicare physician pay reform

The committee released a white paper proposing Medicare adjust doctor reimbursement to account for inflation, a key goal for physician lobbies.

Congressional leaders form Medicare payment reform working group

After years of advocacy from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Medical Association, and many other medical societies and ...

Key senators release 'site-neutral' plan to stop Medicare paying ...

... payment reform plan from Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) is aimed at stopping hospitals from getting more money from ...

Wyden and Crapo Release White Paper for Medicare Doctor Pay ...

Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, today released a white paper outlining policy concepts related to ...

Senate Finance Committee holds hearing on Medicare payment ...

While there were some comments in favor of increasing payments to physicians, most of the discussion centered on value-based care.

June 28, 2024: Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update

MedPAC wants physician pay increased to ensure patient access to care · AMA offers MACRA reforms in response to Senate Finance Committee white ...

Senators form bipartisan Medicare physician pay working group

A bipartisan group of senators announced Friday that it is working on new legislation for “long-term reforms” to physician payments under Medicare and other ...

Senators start work on Medicare physician payment reform | STAT

A bipartisan group of senators is starting work on legislation to reform how Medicare pays physicians, they will announce Friday.

Bipartisan Group of Senators Form Working Group to Address ...

A bipartisan group of senators has formed a Medicare payment reform working group which is working on new legislation that will bring ...