Bruce Malone, MD, president of the Texas Medical Association (TMA), told the Houston Chronicle that those 164 doctors are just “the tip of the iceberg … things are going to get worse before they get better.” Physician reimbursement for Medicare patients will take a 32-percent cut at the end of this year if Congress doesn’t fix the flawed formula used to determine how much doctors are paid for taking care of Medicare patients. A TMA survey revealed half of Texas’ doctors would consider opting out of Medicare if this cut goes into effect.
Read More:
- More Texas doctors opting out of Medicare - Houston Chronicle
- TMA Medicare SGR Survey Report
- State Cut Now a Medical Emergency
- TMA's Medicare Meltdown Action Center
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