Jamie
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Jamie
@jshoemakermd
Husband, father, brother, son, friend and dedicated Emergency physician. Views are my own.
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Today, a physician working at the same productivity level is stuck with $32.36 per RVU—which means, adjusted for inflation, they’re effectively making HALF of what they used to. Think about that: same work, half the pay. Meanwhile: Hospitals get sweetheart site-of-service fees. Private equity buys up independent practices at fire-sale prices. @CMSgov @droz @hhsgov @seckennedy keeps slashing physician reimbursement. Bureaucrats rake in raises while doctors get the shaft. In 1992, the Medicare conversion factor was $31.00. Today? $32.36. That’s a $1.36 total increase in 33 YEARS. If it had just kept up with inflation, it would be over $64.00 today. Instead, it’s more than 50% below where it should be. A doc today has to see twice the patients, do twice the procedures, and grind twice as hard just to keep up. And what does Congress do? No doc fix in the latest CR. No relief. No respect. Just another reminder that the system values hospitals and middlemen over the people actually delivering care. Physicians aren’t just underpaid. They’re being systematically devalued. @WaysandMeansGOP @GOPDoctors Not #healthcare
