flâneur

Medicare physician payment on the decline: It’s not your imagination | The Bulletin

bulletin.facs.org · 749 words · saved by 1 readers

You now have the opportunity to claim CME credit for time spent reading the monthly Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. The deadline to claim CME credit for the March issue is May 31, 2022. Claim CME For many surgeons, it may seem like they are being forced to do more with fewer resources just to maintain their practice revenue in an increasingly complex health care environment. This feeling is not a product of your imagination. While a multitude of new mandates and burdensome administrative requirements have been layered on over the past several years, payments to physicians have not only failed to keep pace with inflation, they have, in some cases, decreased in real terms. Unfortunately, continued dire projections from watchdogs, such as the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and the Medicare Board of Trustees, continue to keep the focus on overall projected growth in Medicare spending rather than on ensuring access to surgeons and other physicians. This article

Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons | ACS Alert: We will be performing scheduled maintence on the ACS website on Sunday, June 21, starting at 5:00 pm CT. During the maintenance window, the website will be unavailable. Thank you for your patience as we improve our services. --> Unsupported Browser The American College of Surgeons website is not compatible with Internet Explorer 11, IE 11. For the best experience please update your browser. Bulletin Clinical Congress 2026 Offers Education, Innovation, and Connection for Every Surgeon The 2026 Clinical Congress will feature timely and im

related reading