ASH has submitted written comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in response to that agency’s proposed 2026 Medicare physician fee schedule rule.
Among the issues ASH addresses in its letter are:
Its concern that CMS’s proposal to increase Medicare payments to physicians in 2026 is negated by other aspects of the proposed rule, which will contribute to a net decrease in those payments.- Opposition to proposed reductions in reimbursement for facility-based primary care providers.
- Support for efforts to simplify access to telehealth services but concern that physicians who provide those services from home should not be required to divulge their home addresses in ways that are accessible to their patients.
- Objection to CMS’s proposal to return to the pre-pandemic policy of prohibiting teaching physicians in non-rural areas from supervising their rural residents via audio/video technology.
- Concern that CMS’s proposed Ambulatory Specialty Model does not fully reflect the distinct challenges faced by safety-net providers.
Learn more from ASH’s formal comment letter to CMS.
