The current Medicare system for compensating physicians jeopardizes access to primary care. FM doctors and other primary care clinicians face significant cuts in payments and rising inflation that threaten the ability to care for patients. MedTwitter
Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAFP; Sterling N. Ransone, Jr., MD, FAAFP; Steven P. Furr, MD, FAAFPPrimary care and family physicians operate on the frontlines of healthcare, working tirelessly to serve patients and their families. However, many primary care practices are operating on tight margins and cannot sustain additional financial hits.
Practices also struggle to cover the rising costs of staff wages, leasing space, and purchasing supplies and equipment, leaving little room for innovation or investments to transition into new payment models. Meanwhile, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, and other Medicare providers receive annual payment increases to account for rising costs.Insufficient Medicare payments also challenge practices that serve many publicly insured patients.
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