tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 15

Studies and Surveys: AMA To Congress: If You Cut Doctor Pay, You'll Hurt Seniors

Nearly 1 in 5 physicians will decrease their current Medicare patient loadIf Congress doesn't head off the 4.3-percent cut the law requires for physician payments next year, Medicare beneficiaries will pay the price.So warned American Medical Association president Edward Hill 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 payments plummet next year as planned.Not a first: The AMA has made...

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