MedPAC report offers support for Medicare pay increase.

A report to Congress issued by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) states that the agency is concerned that repeated annual reductions in physician payment rates could threaten beneficiaries’ access to physician services. MedPAC has previously called for a 1.1 percent increase in physician Medicare reimbursement to replace the scheduled 10.6 percent cut. The report also states that the current payment system "undervalues primary care services and introduces other distorted incentives that encourage overuse of some services and underuse of others."
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