CMS head acknowledges your anger over Medicare pay cut

Article Overview

This article reports on CMS Administrator Tom Scully’s remarks about the Medicare physician payment update and the broader policy debate surrounding it. It is relevant to physicians, medical coders, practice managers, and health policy readers who follow Medicare reimbursement, physician payment methodology, and congressional action affecting payment updates. The article discusses the payment system in broad terms, including the resource-based relative value scale, the sustainable growth rate concept, and the role of Congress in addressing payment formula changes.