Good TechTarget News article regarding MGMA efforts with CHIME to have new administration rescind onerous proposed #HIPAA security rule. techtarget.com/healthtechsecu…

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🚨Congress’s “reckless decision positions doctors for a 5th consecutive year of [#Medicare] payment cuts & continued #priorauthorization burdens, which will have dire consequences for both patients & physicians.” 📣Take action here tinyurl.com/j9tnm9k9 fiercehealthcare.com/providers/op-e…

Reversing the 2.83% Medicare physician payment cut must be done in the CR this week. Inclusion in a reconciliation package essentially means it will not happen this year.

CRITICAL UPDATE: Medicine is at a crossroads. Physicians are now moving to employment over private practice due to overburdensome regulations and financial incentives to do so. Facilities can pay doctors significantly more than they make in private practice and this increased

While no “Doc Fix” on the conversion factor of -2.83% for ‘25 tis true, the good news is that the CR contained a delay in the “PAYGO” sequester cut to the Medicare physician fee schedule of -4% that no one talks about on the Hill. The PAYGO cut has been delayed on a regular

As of this morning HR 879 has 143 cosponsors. Speaker Mike Johnson Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. Please don’t wait until July to pass this vital legislation that will be a lifeline to Medicare patients and the community physicians that care for them.

Medicare Advantage plans got a 5 % raise today. Yet the Doctors, who are the ones who actually care for the patients GET CUT every year. This is RIDICULOUS. cms.gov/newsroom/fact-…

Today Dr. Roger Marshall introduced S. 1640 the ‘‘Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025’’ which would increase Medicare physician reimbursement by 8.51% starting June 1. The increase reflects a prorated reversal of the 2.83% Medicare cut physician practices

The massive budget bill now being debated in Congress includes a proposal for raising Medicare pay for clinicians starting in 2026. That could be good news for physicians who in 2025 saw a nearly 3% effective pay cut in Medicare reimbursement. However, clinicians and advocates

Friday night drop of HHS budget-in-brief document outlining Administration spending priorities for the next fiscal year. hhs.gov/sites/default/…

New Health Affairs study finds that 17% of all initial Medicare Advantage claims are denied by insurers. Most of these denials are ultimately overturned and approved. healthaffairs.org/doi/epdf/10.13…

ELATED to hear the Senate will look at MA upcoding as a ‘pay for’. Hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud. Need to take some of the savings to repay the 2025 Doc cut.

➡️ MGMA statement on Senate reconciliation provisions impacting physician practices: "Legislative language emerging from the Senate abandons America's physician practices by ignoring current and future cuts to Medicare reimbursement. It largely retains problematic student loan

"In its current form, the bill offers little or nothing positive for medical practices and their patients," said Anders Gilberg, MGMA. Senate’s Big Beautiful Bill = ⬇️ $81B in physician cuts ⬇️ Medicaid coverage ⬆️ Uncompensated care Read more: hubs.li/Q03sDM6R0

Insurer promises don’t guarantee government oversight or transparency. RRC calls for passage of the Seniors’ Act following this week’s insurer announcement. Read our full press release: regrelief.org/media-center/p… #SeniorsAct #PriorAuth #FixPriorAuth

Get the facts on the #SeniorsAct (S. 1816 / H.R. 3514) — bipartisan, zero-cost legislation supported by nearly 250 organizations. It’s time for Congress to act and #FixPriorAuth for our seniors. Learn more at regrelief.org/legislation/

MA was to compete to provide better benefits, lower costs to attract, retain enrollees. ⁦KFF⁩: ⁦UnitedHealthcare⁩ (41%) ⁦Humana⁩ (25%) had highest enrollment in 2/3 counties. Higher market concentration may ⬇️ incentive for insurers to compete. share.google/2zW3vWZE2nzn3N…

A big time thanks to longtime #SeniorsAct champion Rep. Suzan DelBene for laying out the facts at Ways and Means Committee hearing: "In 2023, Medicare Advantage plans made 50 million determinations, and of those determinations that were denied, over 80% were eventually approved." #FixPriorAuth