AIMPA Checkup | July 2026
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Medicare is Worth Saving: Why Medicare Reform is Critical for Physician Survival
AIMPA President Dr. David Eagle speaks with Dr. Terry Cronin about the pressures facing independent physicians and the need to reform Medicare reimbursement to support independent, affordable, personal care in the inaugural episode of VuMedi’s “Medicare is Worth Saving” podcast.
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Dr. Rick Snyder: Want lower healthcare costs? Stop squeezing independent doctors
Healthcare costs are weighing heavily on Americans’ minds. A new Pew Research Center survey found that 73% of Americans consider the affordability of healthcare a “very big problem” for the country. Congress has noticed. In recent months, lawmakers have held a series of healthcare affordability hearings examining why healthcare costs are rising — and what
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Dr. Mitchell Hollander: Michigan’s health care pricing system needs reform
Why does the same medical procedure or diagnostic test come with dramatically different price tags depending on where a patient receives it? Across Michigan, that’s not a theoretical question. It’s a daily reality ― and a major reason health care has become so expensive. A routine outpatient service performed in a hospital-owned facility can cost
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Lawmakers mull Medicare physician pay reform to tamp down consolidation
Lawmakers are mulling reform of how Medicare pays physicians, concerned that insufficient reimbursement in the federal insurance program is incentivizing consolidation and increasing healthcare costs. Physician pay has declined over the past two decades when accounting for inflation, spurring independent providers to be acquired by hospital systems rather than go it alone, provider witnesses told
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House Hearing on the Physician Fee Schedule, MACRA Finds Much Agreement on Problems
Payment disparities based on site of service were another universal complaint at the hearing. “My clinic is on the campus of a major hospital in Dallas,” said Rick Snyder, MD, a cardiologist in independent practice. “When I perform an echocardiogram in my office, Medicare pays my practice a technical fee of about $123. My patient’s
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Dr. Angelo DeRosalia: This payment fix could lower healthcare costs for New Yorkers
Patients across New York are struggling to afford medical care. Rising hospital costs are a big reason why. For years, Medicare and other insurers have paid hospital-owned facilities far more than independent physician practices for identical care. If lawmakers are serious about tackling healthcare affordability, they need to address this discrepancy. A routine procedure performed
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