GOP Doctors Caucus co-chairs Reps. Greg Murphy (R-NC), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), and Michael Burgess (R-TX), working closely with Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and the AMA, recently released a discussion draft of legislation to reform the budget neutrality policies applied to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. The goal is to generate bipartisan support from the key House and Senate committees with jurisdiction over the Medicare program.

The discussion draft’s provisions offer practical policy improvements to provide stability to the physician payment system by assuring that this CMS payment policy is based on reality, not projections.  

ISMA, along with dozens of other state medical societies and other health care organizations, signed on to the letter sent on Oct. 31. Read the full letter here.