ACR advocates are taking Medicare Physician Reimbursement reform to the Hill. Join in these efforts by advocating from home by using our tool to contact your legislators!  

Under the current system of Medicare funding, there are across-the-board cuts each year to reimbursements to physicians treating Medicare patients in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). As physician-owned practices combat insecurity around varying payments from Medicare for treating patients, these patients’ access to care is put at risk. We are asking Congress to avoid putting patient care in jeopardy by passing two pieces of legislation.  

1. The Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, (HR 2474) to tie physician payments for treating Medicare patients to inflation by adding a permanent, Medicare Economic Index (MEI) based inflationary update to the MPFS. 
2. The Provider Reimbursement Stability Act (H.R 6371) to reduce the impact of budget neutrality requirements on the MPFS by raising the budget neutrality threshold from $20 million to $53 million, then increasing the threshold every five years to reflect the cumulative increase in the MEI.  

The ACR’s Legislative Action Center will allow you to contact your Members of Congress. Take a moment to send your letter today!