Medicare physician payment cuts threaten access to health care

The American Academy of Family Physicians said it is “disappointed” that the end-of-year congressional spending bill “fails to adequately address outdated Medicare physician payment.”
The omnibus bill cuts the 2023 Medicare conversion factor by 2%, according to AAFP President Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAFP.
“Coupled with inflation and rising practice costs, any payment cut puts untenable strain on family medicine and other physician practices. This ultimately worsens beneficiaries’ timely access to care, stalls progress toward value-based care and

The American Academy of Family Physicians said it is “disappointed” that the end-of-year congressional spending bill “fails to adequately address outdated Medicare physician payment.”
The omnibus bill cuts the 2023 Medicare conversion factor by 2%, according to AAFP President Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAFP.
“Coupled with inflation and rising practice costs, any payment cut puts untenable strain on family medicine and other physician practices. This ultimately worsens beneficiaries’ timely access to care, stalls progress toward value-based care and