Cosigned Letter to Congress Urges Congress to Avert Cuts to Medicare Physician Payment, Support H.R. 879

The Alliance joined with 100+ healthcare provider organizations urging Congress to take immediate action to reverse the current 2.8% Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Conversion Factor (CF) reduction now in effect and provide clinicians with a positive payment update in the upcoming March 2025 appropriations bill. "The ongoing downward reimbursement spiral is contributing to consolidation in the health care system as more clinicians are no longer able to sustain their practices," the coalition of provider groups told Congress, advocating for inclusion of the bipartisan Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act (H.R. 879) in the March package. H.R. 879 is designed to safeguard the financial stability of physician practices with provisions that protect clinicians from the 2.8% Medicare payment cut and a 2% inflation update to help offset rising costs and strengthen the sustainability of practices across the country.

**Action opportunity: Clinicians - send your own letter of support for H.R. 879 via several Alliance members' "Voter Voice" Action Centers where you can adapt from their letter template and send to your state Congressional delegation at the touch of a button. See Action Centers from the American Physical Therapy Association, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and Society for Vascular Surgery. 

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