?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? Sharing from our friends at the North Carolina Medical Society: Action Alert: Medicare Payment Fix Contact your member of Congress ASAP! ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? Over the past two decades, Medicare physician payment rates have declined by 33%, when adjusted for the cost of running a practice. The payment cuts for the past five consecutive years have left physicians and practices struggling to manage practice costs while fulfilling the commitment to meeting the care needs of their elderly and chronically ill patients. The last Congress failed to pass legislation that would have addressed these issues in its end-of-year funding package. As a result, a 2.8% cut to physician Medicare payments went into effect on January 1, 2025. Congress must pass legislation to mitigate the cut and needs to act again now! Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, a urologist from Greenville, NC who represents North Carolina’s 3rd congressional district, has taken the lead in a legislative fix for the payment dilemma. On January 31, 2025, he, along with a bipartisan group of House colleagues, introduced H.R. 879 / Medicare Patient Access & Practice Stabilization Act, which would reverse the 2.8% cut to Medicare physician payment and provide a positive inflationary update. Building support for this legislation among our members of Congress is urgent and crucial. The time to act is now and we need you to contact your member of the US House of Representatives today and urge them to cosponsor this important bill. The more bipartisan support that we can build, the greater the likelihood of it getting enacted. If your member of Congress responds that she/he is already a cosponsor, thank them and ask them to help build support for the legislation. Please take action today. Thank you!
