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Budget bill ties Medicare physician payment update to 75% of MEI

AMA welcomes effort to address decades of falling payment while detailing how proposed Medicaid changes will lead to coverage interruptions.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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Medicare physician pay has plummeted since 2001. Find out why.

Doctors are paid 33% less today, when adjusted for inflation. This unsustainable path threatens older adults’ access to high-quality physician care.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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Medicare experts back tying physician payment to inflation

Medicare physician payment has dropped 33% since 2001. The influential Medicare Payment Advisory Commission outlines what Congress can do now.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of April 7, 2025

In the news: Measles cases continue to rise, physician burnout remains high despite overall decrease, “timely” MedPAC recommendation on physician pay and more.

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April 4, 2025: Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update

MedPAC nears vote on long-term Medicare physician payment reform and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
AMA Update for March 14, 2025: Deciding to close your medical practice and the dire consequences of Medicare cuts
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Deciding to close your medical practice and the dire consequences of Medicare cuts

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the dire consequences of Medicare cuts and private practice.

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Private Practices
AMA Update
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Deciding to close your medical practice and the dire consequences of Medicare cuts [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the dire consequences of Medicare cuts and private practice.

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Private Practices
AMA Update Podcast
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of March 10, 2025

In the news: AMA and other physician organizations speak out on Medicare pay cuts, new findings on physicians’ EHR use during paid time off and more.

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Medicare pay cuts: How they endanger physician practices

Physician practices are businesses too. Lower pay over two decades increasingly leaves no option other than cut back staff and—in some cases—close.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians