Advocacy & Practice Updates — Advocacy & Practice
Join the Fight Against 2027 Payment Cuts; Contact Your Legislators Now -- Time is Limited!
Following last week's release of the 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule, ASRS and our coalition partners are quickly mobilizing to urge Congress to stop payment cuts. The post-Election "lame duck" session is expected to be brief, so ASRS members are encouraged to act now to help push for this relief!
We are seeking Congressional action to prevent the cuts from going into effect, including:
- Modifier -25 cut: ASRS is working with the Same Day Care Coalition to spur Congressional action to eliminate the finalized 20% reduction for the lower-paid service when certain E/M visits and 0-day procedures are provided on the same day. We continue to challenge CMS's lack of evidence supporting the reduction and warn that the policy could undermine timely patient care, increase practice financial pressures, and limit beneficiary access.
- Restore the 2.5% Medicare payment update: ASRS is united with the American Medical Association (AMA) and other medical societies in urging Congress to maintain the temporary 2.5% conversion factor increase enacted for 2026 rather than allow it to expire.
- Reform Medicare budget neutrality: ASRS is also working with physician organizations to advance meaningful budget neutrality reform before the end of the year to address ongoing instability in Medicare physician payment.
ASRS has signed onto an AMA coalition letter and a Same Day Care press statement addressing these issues.
Join the fight by clicking below to send an instant, pre-written message to your legislators asking them to take action before the end of the year.
Adding individual details about the impact of these policies on your practice will help make the message more powerful. Click the “pencil” icon to edit the pre-filled message before hitting send. Contact advocacy@asrs.org if you need assistance.
(Published 11.10.26)