APTA, 52 Other Organizations to Congress: Stop Proposed Medicare Cuts to Avoid Post-COVID Disaster
It’s clear that the COVID-19 pandemic will have a profound effect on the nation’s health care system for years to come — a fact that only strengthens the argument that CMS’ proposed 2021 cuts to Medicare payment are monumentally ill-advised. That’s why we’ve joined with 52 other health care organizations and signed on to a letter to congressional leaders urging them to do something before it’s too late.
The letter, just a part of our extensive advocacy efforts to stop the proposed cuts, is directed at U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and urges Congress to “help fortify the health care delivery system and ensure long-term recovery” by suspending budget-neutrality requirements in the Social Security Act. Creating this kind of waiver would allow CMS to pursue its goal of increasing payment for evaluation and management codes, known as E/M codes, without being required to offset the cost through cuts to other areas.
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