The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is one many U.S. medical societies still working to stop the significant Medicare cuts expected to go into effect on Jan. 1, Cardiovascular Business reports.
The ACC joined the American Medical Association and dozens of other groups—including the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Rhythm Society, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and Society of Thoracic Surgeons—in a new letter urging Congress and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to stop the upcoming Medicare cuts from going into effect.
The letter, dated Sept. 22, states that physicians all over the United States “continue to be deeply alarmed about the mounting financial instability of the Medicare physician payment system.”
“This instability is being driven by a confluence of fiscal uncertainties physician practices face related to statutory payment cunts, perennial lack of inflationary updates, significant administrative barriers and the cumulative impact of the pandemic,” according to the letter. “The Medicare payment system remains on an unsustainable path threatening beneficiaries’ access to physicians.” Read more.
