American Medical Association (AMA): MedPAC’s Call for Higher Medicare Payments Should Spur Congress To Act
“The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) today called for a physician payment update tied to the Medicare Economic Index (MEI), a move that physicians know is smart policy and desperately needed.
AMA Commends Medpac’s Renewed Call For Medicare Rates Tied To Inflation
“Since the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) met last year and first called for increasing physician payment rates based on an inflation-based index for Medicare, Medicare payment rates continued to fall while practice expenses soared.