House Members Urge CMS Not to Finalize CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Due to Cuts in Reimbursement for Critical Services

Last week, over seventy bipartisan members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter urging CMS to reverse proposed cuts in the CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule (the PFS Proposed Rule) that would decrease reimbursement for certain critical services by approximately 20 percent. The cuts would impact services furnished under the PFS on or after January 1, 2022. House members are concerned the cuts will cause the closure of PFS providers’ practices, weaken the...
By: King & Spalding