Rheumatology Groups Push Back on Proposed Physician Pay Cuts Scott Harris

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/rheumatology-groups-push-back-proposed-physician-pay-cuts-2026a10010p3?src= The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) is responding to proposed federal payment cuts its leaders say could undermine rheumatologists’ ability to care for patients — and even imperil practices. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) called in July for a 50% payment cut when physicians provide a separately identifiable evaluation and management (E/M) visit on the same day as most procedures are performed. The proposal applies to visits billed as modifier 25 when performed on the same day as a procedure with a 0-, 10-, or 90-day global period.