APMA and 42 other state and national podiatric medical societies have submitted a co-signed letter to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Finance, urging these committees to protect and preserve access to care by podiatrists for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in the forthcoming budget reconciliation process. This APMA-led letter highlighted the opportunity for addressing the decline in Medicare physician reimbursement by passing the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act” (H.R. 879).
The letter also stressed the important role that podiatrists play in caring for Medicaid patients and how potential Medicaid cuts would negatively and disproportionately impact patients’ access to necessary foot and ankle care provided by podiatrists.
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