The AAMC joined nearly 120 health care organizations in a March 10 statement urging House lawmakers to address the 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule payment cut in the upcoming full-year continuing resolution. [refer to related story]. The letter calls on members of Congress to insist that language mitigating the Jan. 1 payment reduction be included before the legislation is enacted.
The statement highlights that more than 100 lawmakers have already co-sponsored the bipartisan Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025 (H.R. 879), which would reverse the payment cut that took effect at the start of the year. A similar fix was included in a funding package Congress nearly passed last December before negotiations stalled. The statement warned that without congressional action, the payment cuts could jeopardize patient access to care.