AMA applauds CMS final rule on physicians payment fee schedule

The American Medical Association (AMA) today applauded the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for making substantive changes to the policies in Medicare’s proposed Physician Payment Fee Schedule rule. The announced policy changes adhered to AMA-recommended changes from the proposed rule in areas that will improve patient care and save taxpayer dollars.

“This annual policy fine-tuning is an opportunity for CMS to improve treatment options for patients and streamline bureaucratic demands on physicians” said AMA President Andrew W. Gurman, MD. “By expanding coverage of the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and revising data collection efforts, CMS is ensuring that patients and physicians will benefit from better care and more rational directives.”