Accounting & Financial Management
Primary care physicians see an average pay increase of only 1.4%, while specialists experience an even smaller increase of 1%.
CMS also proposes to update the outlier threshold so that estimated outlier payments remain at 2% of total payments.
AMA wants Optum to stop its approach for recouping loans and to suspend all claim filing deadlines.
Adjustments are estimated to total $196.5 million in 2026, CMS says.
House GOP members are demanding cuts of at least $1.5 billion in federal spending, but Senate Republicans are divided.
Declining physician payments and rising operational costs place emergency medicine at financial risk, RAND finds.
This translates to $25 billion for MA insurers in 2026.
While the current climate is putting a "chill" on healthcare decision-making, hospital volumes and operating margins remain steady.
The companies say the new platform will transform how employers manage their health benefits programs.
A decline in personnel costs, particularly a continued drop in contract labor use, is contributing to the improvement.