Medicare Physician Payment Reform and Regulatory Relief
Federal legislative activities -- Medicare
As the leading force in Washington for Medicare reform, the AMA is relentless in the battle to replace the flawed Medicare physician payment formula. We encourage Congress to correct major weaknesses in the structure of the Medicare program and enact stable, adequate annual Medicare physician payment updates. The AMA also pushes Congress and federal agencies to reduce costly and counterproductive administrative burdens and to eliminate unfunded mandates, which interfere with access to quality care for America's seniors.
Federal activities -- regulatory relief
The AMA engages in advocacy with the Obama Administration on regulatory relief and a wide array of other issues. This advocacy includes submitting comment letters on proposed rules issued by the Administration as well as AMA responses to numerous other types of Administration policy initiatives and trial balloons. The AMA's position and response to the Administration covering a variety of topics can be found below.
