The Alliance of Specialty Medicine joined 33 signers in a letter to the bipartisan leadership of the US House and Senate, protesting the recently finalized rule by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which will result in a 2.5% reduction in payments in 2026, with additional reductions likely every 3 years indefinitely, due what CMS categorizes as an “efficiency adjustment” to will apply to billing codes for “non-time-based services” such as surgery, diagnostic imaging interpretation, outpatient care, interventional pain management and orthopedic services.
In the opinions of many medical societies, including the Alliance, this “efficiency adjustment” will lead to further reductions in reimbursement for physician services and have wide-ranging consequences, including significant financial pressures that could limit patient access to medical care, particularly for the most vulnerable populations. Accordingly, the letter asks for Congressional intervention to address the actions by CMS which will result in yet another cut to Medicare physician reimbursements.
Click here to access the letter.
