March 27, 2020: MGMA statement on emergency funding for medical practices

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 27, 2020

Media Contact:
Emily Dowsett
Associate Director, Public Affairs
edowsett@mgma.com
 

MGMA statement on emergency funding for medical practices

Anders Gilberg
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
Medical Group Management Association

"We are grateful that Congress heeded MGMA’s recommendations to aid and protect medical practices impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic by allocating $100 billion to providers. The funds included in the CARES Act are critical in helping medical practices keep their doors open during this national emergency. Now that Congress has acted, the Administration needs to move quickly and use all authority necessary to distribute direct payments to medical groups. Our nation’s physicians simply cannot afford another bureaucratic exercise to access these funds. This is not business as usual, and medical practices need immediate financial support."

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