CALL TO ACTION to oppose CMS's proposed rule for the CY2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (13% reduction of IR reimbursement, 6% reduction in Radiology reimbursement)

Last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the proposed rule for the CY2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). If the rule is adopted, significant Medicare pay cuts will impact most aspects of Interventional Radiology (IR). As a result, IR is facing an aggregate reimbursement cut of 13% and more than a 20% cut for certain procedures.

Please act today by visiting both the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and United Specialists for Patients Access (USPA) action centers and helping fight the proposed Medicare reimbursement cuts. The links are easy to use and only take a few moments.

SIR:

https://www.votervoice.net/SIR/Campaigns/86921/Respond

The SIR message is directed to Congress and asks them to retain the 3.75% conversion factor support in the CY2022 MPFS and urge CMS to not implement (or at least phase-in) the clinical labor value update.

USPA:

https://www.uspaccess.org/takeaction-august

The USPA message is directed to the House of Representatives and asks them to sign on to a bipartisan letter being led by Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL). The signed letter will then be sent to CMS, urging them not to finalize the clinical labor policy in the 2022 MPFS and to work with Congress on reform of the Physician Fee Schedule. This letter has a closing date of September 3, so timing is important.

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