tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 17

Physicians: AMA Sounds Alarm Bells Concerning Senior Access

Organization says if Congress cuts payout, docs will cut Medicare patient loads.Senior citizens will begin losing access to their physicians if Congress does not reverse looming cuts in Medicare physician compensation.That's the case American Medical Association president Edward Hill, MD, made in an April 5 briefing. Based on an AMA survey of its member physicians, Hill said 38 percent of physicians will decrease the number of new Medicare patients they accept, and 18 percent will decrease the number of established Medicare patients they treat, if the 5 percent cut called for under current law goes into effect...

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