July 27, 2022: MGMA and partner organizations urge Congress to take action to mitigate pending Medicare cuts

July 27, 2022
 

The Honorable Ron Wyden	The Honorable Mike Crapo
Chairman	Ranking Member
U.S. Senate	U.S. Senate
Washington, DC 20510	Washington, DC 20510

 

The Honorable Richard Neal	The Honorable Kevin Brady
Chairman	Ranking Member
U.S. House of Representatives	U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515	Washington, DC 20515

 

The Honorable Frank Pallone	The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Chairman	Ranking Member
Energy and Commerce Committee	Energy and Commerce Committee
U.S. House of Representatives	U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515	Washington, DC 20515

Dear Chairs and Ranking Members:

On behalf of the undersigned organizations representing over one million physician and non-physician health care professionals and providers, we appreciate Congress’ 2021 year-end legislative action to mitigate scheduled cuts generated by changes within the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). In particular, we strongly supported provisions in the “Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act” that provided a 3 percent positive adjustment to the MPFS conversion factor (CF) for 2022 to partially offset a scheduled reduction and averted an additional 4 percent Medicare payment reduction due to statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) requirements. These critical payment reduction relief policies provided increased financial stability for Medicare clinicians and helped to ensure our nation’s seniors maintained access to high-quality care, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to present numerous challenges.

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