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- CAP Urges Congress to Stop Medicare Budgetary Cuts to Pathologists
The CAP supports bipartisan efforts in the House and Senate to stop Medicare Sequester cuts that will take effect April 1. The CAP sent a letter to congressional leaders urging Congress to prevent additional financial burdens on pathologists during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The CAP will continue to fight for relief for pathologists, who have faced financial hardships during the pandemic, as documented by several surveys throughout 2020.
In the March 15 letter, the CAP strongly supported bipartisan congressional action to stop the Medicare sequester cuts and provide critical relief for pathologists who have been on the front lines to fight the pandemic.
The bipartisan legislation includes extending the moratorium on the 2% Medicare sequestration cuts through the duration of the pandemic. Congress needs to act to prevent across-the-board Medicare sequester cuts in a few short weeks.
The AMA, the CAP, and 127 medical and state organizations have also lobbied Congress to relieve the financial burdens of the COVID-19 pandemic on physicians during the current national emergency. In a February 12 letter to congressional leaders in the House and the Senate, the CAP joined the groups to support legislation that would suspend a 2% across-the-board Medicare budget sequester cut. The CAP supported similar efforts over the past year to stop Medicare cuts and protect pathology services' value. Without additional action, the 2% Medicare cut to physician services will go into effect on April 1.