By Hinds Today |
Sep 27, 2024
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined a bipartisan initiative to update and reform the Medicare physician fee schedule to ensure seniors' access to health care services, particularly in rural states like Mississippi. The proposed legislation, known as the Physician Fee Stabilization Act (S.4935), seeks to address declining Medicare physician reimbursements by increasing a 32-year-old budget neutrality threshold to align with inflation.