APTA, AMA, Others Demand Action From Congress to Address Fee Schedule
Posted: March 10, 2025 Proposed legislation released on March 8 by the U.S. House of Representatives omits dozens of critical policies that Congress failed to address in their December spending package, including funding for a needed payment boost under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. The proposed continuing resolution, or CR, extends the policies of the December 2024 package through the remainder of fiscal year 2025, which ends Sept. 30.
As APTA reported earlier, Congress passed a CR in December 2024 that funded the government through March 14 and extended telehealth waivers but failed to provide extra funding to address the 2025 fee schedule. It was expected the additional funding for the fee schedule would be included in this new package...
Take action now — your voice matters: call your House of Representatives member and urge them to include legislative language to reverse the 2.8% fee schedule payment cut that became effective Jan. 1. You can find your representative's phone number by going to house.gov and entering your ZIP code. Then visit the APTA Patient Action Center for a sample customizable script to guide your call. Be sure to explain how these cuts affect your patients, your business, and your community.
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