Dear Leaders McConnell and Schumer:
We write to express our support for addressing upcoming physician payment cuts
in ongoing legislative negotiations. We believe these cuts will further strain our health care
system, which is already stressed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and jeopardize patient access to
medically necessary services over the long-term.
On December 1, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized the Medicare
Physician Fee Schedule for 2021. The fee schedule includes several positive attributes, including
improvements for maternity care and much-needed payment increases for physicians delivering
primary and other essential outpatient and office-based care to some of our nation’s most
vulnerable patients. These changes should take effect on January 1, 2021, as planned.
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