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HHS is offering the tests to help prevent widespread infections this fall and winter.
Groups are calling on Congress to prevent the proposed 2.93% proposed payment reduction for 2025.
What the groups want from Congress is action that would avert the entire 4.5% reduction to Medicare payment rates.
Efficiencies introduced in these policies would save physician practices and hospitals more than $15B over a 10-year period, CMS says.
Combined with a 4% Medicare cut from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act, physicians say they are looking at a nearly 8.5% cut.
NACDS also wants to establish a Medicare reimbursement pathway for pharmacy care services including vaccinations and therapeutics.
For primary care physicians, a new class of technology, including AI-powered digital assistants, is improving their capacity and capability.
Both Pfizer and Moderna are in clinical trials for vaccines for children under the age of 12.
Beyond alleviating stress on the back end, the free tuition coups can influence trends in who becomes a doctor, what they practice and even where. And change is needed.
Physician organizations come together to help medical groups better manage the messy transition to new payment models.
