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Physicians have until Oct. 11 to request MIPS score review

Learn how to check your Medicare-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score and ask CMS to review anything you believe is inaccurate.

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Payment & Delivery Models
Fighting for Physicians
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Sept. 20, 2024: Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update

Urge your members of Congress to support letter on physician payment update and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Retail clinic failures show pressures facing physician practices

Retailers’ struggles with in-store clinics emphasize the need to reform Medicare physician payments and further support private-practice sustainability.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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CMS should be transparent on impact of Medicare pay cuts

After proposing another 2.8% cut despite rising practice costs, the administration should tell Congress action is needed to fix Medicare now.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Sept. 9, 2024

In the news: Elevated lead in cinnamon, Surgeon General warning label for social media, PBM markets highly concentrated, Medicare pay cuts and more.

Publications & Newsletters
AMA in Action: Reforming Medicare payment
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Advocacy in action: Leading the charge to reform Medicare pay

The current system is unsustainable, threatening patients’ access to doctors. Learn how the AMA is blocking pay cuts and building long-term solutions.

Medicare & Medicaid
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We must fix Medicare now. Here are 8 reasons why.

It’s time to make changes before the system hits a breaking point where physicians can no longer afford to see Medicare patients.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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Senate Medicare payment bill a good first step, but more’s needed

Measure would more than double the budget-neutrality threshold that often results in Medicare pay cuts. House bill offers a more comprehensive fix.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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AMA to CMS: Be transparent about impact of Medicare cuts

The AMA urged the administration to work with Congress to enact a permanent, annual inflation-based update to Medicare physician payments

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