Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Urges MedPAC to Recommend Medicare Physician Payment Increase

  • Reimbursement and Practice Management

Michael Chernew, PhD
Chairman
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
425 I Street, Suite 701
Washington, DC 20001

RE: Assessing and Updating Medicare Payment for Physicians’ Services in CY 2025

Dear Chairman Chernew,

The Alliance of Specialty Medicine (the “Alliance”) represents more than 100,000 specialty physicians from 16 specialty and subspecialty societies who are dedicated to the development of sound federal health care policy that fosters patient access to the highest quality specialty care. Today, we write to urge the Commission to recommend a positive Medicare base payment rate update for physician and other health professional services equal to the projected increase in the Medicare Economic Index (MEI) for calendar year (CY) 2025.

Click here to view to full Neurosurgery Urges MedPAC to Recommend Medicare Physician Payment Increase.