Rep. Larry Bucshon on Tuesday told doctors upset about Medicare reimbursement cuts that began in January that there’s a good chance at least part of those cuts could be addressed in a spending package Congress is supposed to pass next month.
“Do I think we’ll get the full 3.4 percent?” the Indiana Republican said, referring to the level of cuts that doctors have dealt with this year, during an appearance before the American Medical Association’s national advocacy conference. “I don’t know, but people in both political parties and on both sides of the Capitol know this has to be fixed.”
Bucshon, a surgeon who is vice chair of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, made the comments as about 400 physicians from around the country arrived on Capitol Hill to lobby to reverse those cuts, which were part of the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and which took effect in January.
