The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has released a statement regarding Senate reconciliation provisions that affect physician group practices.
“Legislative language emerging from the Senate abandons America’s physician practices by ignoring current and future cuts to Medicare reimbursement,” the statement reads. “It largely retains problematic student loan provisions from the House bill, which will exacerbate physician workforce shortages. The Senate’s proposed additional Medicaid cuts will result in skyrocketing uncompensated care, compounding financial problems for physicians treating patients in underserved areas and hospitals subject to EMTALA [the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act]. In its current form, the bill offers little or nothing positive for medical practices and their patients.”
With a focus on the business side of medical practice management, the MGMA is an organization of 15,000 group medical practices representing more than 350,000 physicians.