Last year, Medicare fees were threatened by cuts proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services totaling $40 billion. We successfully postponed most of the scheduled reductions. This year, however, the threats continue. Physician payment cuts, lack of inflationary updates, and unnecessary administrative burdens all threaten our ability, as interventionalists, to serve Medicare patients. Only immediate congressional action can help avert unnecessary disruptions in care. To combat these immediate threats to Medicare, contact your Member of Congress today and urge them to cosponsor the bipartisan "Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2022" (H.R. 8800), introduced by Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN), that will prevent the scheduled 4.5% Medicare payment reduction from going into effect in January 2023 and a second bipartisan bill, H.R. 6048, the “Medicare Stability for Patients and Providers Act” (H.R. 6048), introduced by Representatives Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), that would correct the implementation of Medicare’s clinical labor formula. 

To drive congressional action and stabilize Medicare physician reimbursement rates, Congress must hear from YOU directly. Please let Members of Congress and their staff know how these payment cuts are affecting YOUR practice and YOUR PATIENTS.