Urge Congress to Stop the Medicare Cuts
Once again, physicians and other providers will face yet another cut to Medicare reimbursements, further destabilizing our already fragile health care safety net.
If this 2.8% cut is implemented on January 1, 2025, it will mark the fifth consecutive year of reductions in Medicare physician payments – continuing an untenable course when your emergency departments across the country are already struggling under the severe strain of the boarding crisis.
For decades, Medicare physician reimbursements have failed to keep up with inflation, despite other Medicare participants receiving annual inflationary updates. Rather than face a yearly scramble to address steep payment cuts, we need your help to urge Congress to work with us and other stakeholders to swiftly identify policy solutions that will provide long-term stability for Medicare beneficiaries and the physicians who manage and provide their health care.
From ACEP.org.