02/06/2025

Medicare physician payment bill introduced to revert the cut and increase reimbursement for 2025

 

Last week, Reps. Greg Murphy, MD (R-NC) and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), along with a bipartisan group of legislators, re-introduced the "Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act" (H.R. 879). This legislation, if passed, would, effective April 1st, prospectively cancel the 2.83% payment cut that went into effect on January 1, while also providing a 2.0% payment update, helping to stabilize physician practices and protect patients' access to care.

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No policy issue at the federal level is more important to
your profession than H.R. 879. The advocacy effort to
pass this important language starts now.

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OSMA has joined a coalition of state and national medical associations urging Congress to take action now to pass this important legislation. Additionally, OSMA advocacy staff and physician members will be in Washington, D.C. next week meeting with members of congress from Ohio urging them to pass this critical legislation as soon as possible.

We need help from you and your practice as well:

• Please contact your representative today to co-sponsor the "Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act" (H.R. 879).
  
  
• The current spending package expires in mid March and we need to ensure H.R. 879 language is included in the next version.
  
  
•  Read the letter OSMA signed onto with other medical societies across the country.
  
  
• Help us take action today!

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Take Action & Contact Congress Here
If you have questions, please email OSMA >

 

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