Comment Letter

AANS and CNS Urge Congress to Provide Physicians with Inflation Update

  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
  • The Honorable Kevin McCarthy
    Speaker
    United States House of Representatives
    Washington, DC 20515
  • The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries
    Minority Leader
    United States House of Representatives
    Washington, DC 20515
  • The Honorable Charles Schumer
    Majority Leader
    United States Senate
    Washington, DC 20510
  • The Honorable Mitch McConnell
    Minority Leader
    United States Senate
    Washington, DC 20510

Dear Speaker McCarthy, Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Jeffries:

On behalf of the American Medical Association (AMA) and the undersigned organizations representing the vast majority of physicians practicing in the United States, we urge Congress to provide physicians with much needed fiscal stability by passing legislation that provides an annual inflation-based payment update based on the full Medicare Economic Index (MEI). This inflation-based update is the principal legislative solution to the ongoing problems plaguing the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MFS).

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