Thread by @MarilynHeineMD

🧵New report from ⁦@AmerMedicalAssn⁩ documents UNPRECEDENTED changes in #Medicare spending as people decided to delay or forgo #healthcare services during onset of #COVID19 pandemic.

👉Read tinyurl.com/2uhu4vv5

🎇Warrants urgent action by Congress to stop Medicare cuts

2/ Despite a mid-year rebound after sharp declines early in the year, Medicare spending on physician services during 2020 NEVER RECOVERED to its pre-pandemic trend.

Struggling physician practices face a difficult and precarious road to recovery.

tinyurl.com/358y86bx

3/ Widespread ⬇️ spending on physician services:

“When compared to expected Medicare spending on physician services, the AMA report found that actual Medicare spending on physician services for 2020 declined regardless of service type, setting or specialty, and state or region.”

4/ Spending by service type, setting or specialty, state or region, telehealth:

5/ The new report on changes in Medicare physician spending builds on the @AmerMedicalAssn’s insight into the precarious trends and realities that physicians face as they continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

To read the report, please see: ama-assn.org/system/files/2…

6/ For more information on the #COVID19 #pandemic’s negative economic impact on physician practices, please see: tinyurl.com/yh58x944

7/ Patients’ access to care and employees access to healthcare jobs are in jeopardy.

#Congress must act to avert Medicare physician payment cuts.

Help physician practices keep the lights on.

Tell Congress now to reverse the cuts: physiciansgrassrootsnetwork.org

Unprecedented ⬇️ in Medicare spending during onset of the pandemic

Medicare Spending on Physician Services ⬇️ $13.9 billion in 2020

Threatens practice viability

Patients’ access to care at risk

@SpeakerPelosi @GOPLeader @SenSchumer @LeaderMcConnell must reverse Medicare cuts