TAFP asks TMA to join forces on Medicare E&M payment

The Academy has requested that the Texas Medical Association join the effort to encourage CMS to adopt and finalize the proposed changes to the Medicare payment system. Some of the changes significantly boost physician payment for evaluation and management services, which will help correct payment inequities in the health care system.

“The proposed changes to the Medicare physician fee schedule for the evaluation and management of patients are positive indicators that medical reimbursement is headed in the right direction,” TAFP President Douglas Curran, M.D., stated in a letter to TMA President Ladon Homer, M.D. “These changes reflect recent studies that have conclusively shown the effectiveness of primary care in lowering health care costs and improving the overall quality of care.”

Read TAFP’s letter to TMA President Ladon Homer, M.D.