ACP releases results of questionnaire to membership about the impact of pending Medicare cuts
Below is a summary of the responses that ACP received in response to a questionnaire that was e-mailed to membership at the end of February 2008. The questionnaire asked respondents in specific detail about the impact they would feel from pending Medicare cuts to physician payments.
Medicare payments to physicians are scheduled to be cut by 10.6 percent on July 1, 2008 and by another 5 percent on January 1, 2009. The cuts are the result of the flawed formula used to calculate Medicare payments to physicians. ACP is asking Congress to pass legislation that will stop the impending cuts to payments. We are also calling on Congress for a long-term solution to replace the current formula with a reimbursement formula that would provide for permanent, predictable, and positive updates to physician payments.
See the compiled responses to the questionnaire
that ACP sent to membership.
To learn more about what internists can do to help prevent the cuts please visit ACP’s Key Contact Program.
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