Independent medical practices are an essential part of the healthcare system. They provide personalized, culturally sensitive care to adults and children in their local neighborhoods, connecting with families in ways that large, corporatized health care providers cannot.
This month, elected officials in Albany are hammering out details of the State's budget. Changes to Medicaid funding that could be devastating to the survival of independent practices are being considered.
Physicians who participate in the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) program, the advanced primary care program through which Medicaid participants receive highly coordinated care, could see a proposed 73.33% reduction in payments for May and June, followed by a permanent reduction of 20% to 33.33% starting in July.
The economics are straightforward: Independent medical practices simply cannot survive when they are being asked to do more while being paid less.
Tell our elected officials that cutting funding to the doctors who care for our economically disadvantaged neighbors is NOT ACCEPTABLE.
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