October 17, 2024
Four members of Minnesota’s Congressional delegation signed a letter to House leadership last week, urging them to replace the 2.8% Medicare cut with a payment update reflective of inflationary pressures before January 1, 2025.
Angie Craig (DFL- 2nd District), Brad Finstad (R- 1st District), Michelle Fischbach (R- 7th District) and Pete Stauber (R – 8th District) signed the letter, along with 139 Democrats and 90 Republicans.
The letter, dated October 11, asks House Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to “expeditiously pass legislative fixes that not only stop another damaging round of cuts to Medicare payments, but also provide greater certainty and stability for clinicians serving Medicare beneficiaries.”
"Congress must act to stop another cut to Medicare payments,” said MMA President Edwin Bogonko, MD, MBA. “Minnesota seniors deserve that action now."
Medicare payment rates have fallen by nearly 30 percent over the last 20 years. The scheduled 2.8 percent reduction represents the fifth consecutive year that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a fee schedule regulation that lowers payments to physicians and other clinicians.
See the entire letter here.
May 29, 2025
As the Legislature works to complete its work on the state’s two-year budget, another deadline is looming. Legislators are required to pass a balanced budget before the end of the fiscal year—June 30, 2025. If they don’t meet that deadline, the state will begin a partial shutdown.
May 29, 2025
Registration has opened for the Empowering Physicians: A Night of Reflection and Engagement event, featuring best-selling author Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD.
May 29, 2025
The AMA is encouraging physicians to contact their U.S. senators and urge them to revise the reconciliation bill passed recently by the U.S. House of Representatives. While the bill includes language that would stabilize Medicare physician payments, it also threatens to cripple Medicaid and CHIP.