Following Congressional inaction to stop the cuts finalized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule, physician payments were reduced by an additional 2.83%, effective January 1, 2025...

Specialty physicians and their patients are often subject to prior authorizations and other utilization management tactics in the Medicare Advantage program. These tactics delay patient's access to medically necessary care and create considerable, unnecessary administrative...

The U.S. House of Representatives' Education and Workforce Committee considered the Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan on Tuesday, April 29th, and voted to approve the bill. If this legislation is added to the budget reconciliation package, it would place limits on...

Physicians treating Medicare patients are facing a crisis. For the fifth consecutive year physicians are experiencing a Medicare payment cut, even as practice costs continue to rise by 3.5%, according to the Medicare Economic Index. Meanwhile, CMS announced in April that...