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Dear Member of Congress:

As your constituent, I am asking you to reverse the Medicare physician payment cut in the CY 2027 Physician Fee Schedule final rule (CMS-1848-F, 91 FR 70992) before it takes effect on January 1, 2027.

The final rule lowers the conversion factor for most clinicians by 2.31%, to $32.63. Most of that cut comes from the expiration of the one-year 2.5% increase Congress provided for 2026. At the same time, CMS's own Medicare Economic Index shows practice costs rising 2.6% in 2027, so the real cut is about 4.8% in one year. Adjusted for practice-cost inflation, Medicare physician payment has already fallen about 33% since 2001 (AMA). Hospitals and nursing facilities receive annual inflation updates; physicians do not. Cutting physician payment while costs rise is outrageous, and it is driving practices to close or stop accepting new Medicare patients. Federal law bars any court from reviewing the conversion factor (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(i)(1)), so only Congress can fix this.

Commercial and Medicare Advantage contracts that follow the Medicare fee schedule mean this cut reaches well beyond traditional Medicare.

I respectfully ask you to:
1. Reverse the 2027 conversion factor cut.
2. Support a permanent annual update tied to the Medicare Economic Index.
3. Reform budget neutrality so revaluing services does not force across-the-board cuts.

Thank you for standing with the physicians and patients in our community.

Sincerely,
[Your name]

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Administrator
Mail to: The Honorable Mehmet Oz, MD Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244
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Talking points

On January 1, 2027 the Medicare physician conversion factor falls 2.31% to $32.63 for most clinicians (91 FR 70992).
The cut comes mostly from the expiration of the one-year 2.5% increase Congress provided for 2026. Temporary patches leave practices unable to plan.
CMS's own Medicare Economic Index puts 2027 practice-cost inflation at +2.6%. Paying 2.31% less while costs rise 2.6% is a real cut of about 4.8% in one year. That is outrageous.
Adjusted for practice-cost inflation, Medicare physician payment has fallen about 33% since 2001 (AMA). Has society devalued the physician?
This is regulatory overreach: CMS keeps an efficiency adjustment that assumes procedures get faster every year, a productivity factor borrowed from the whole economy, not a measurement of physician work.
Federal law bars courts from reviewing the conversion factor and relative values (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(i)(1)). Only Congress can fix this.
Physicians are among the only Medicare providers with no automatic inflation update. Hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and others receive annual market basket updates.
Commercial and Medicare Advantage contracts are often pegged to the Medicare fee schedule, so a Medicare cut spreads across a practice's whole payer mix.
Independent and rural practices have the thinnest margins. Each cut pushes more of them to close, sell, or limit new Medicare patients, which reduces access for seniors.
Ask: reverse the 2027 cut, then enact a permanent annual update tied to the Medicare Economic Index and reform budget neutrality.

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Practice costs up 2.6% (CMS's own number). Medicare physician pay down 2.31%. That's a 4.8% real cut in ONE year. Outrageous. Has society devalued the physician? https://petition-against-cms-2027-physician-fee-schedule-reduction.com #StopTheCMSCuts
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Every Medicare cut ripples into commercial contracts pegged to the fee schedule. The 2027 cut is not just a Medicare problem. Add your name: https://petition-against-cms-2027-physician-fee-schedule-reduction.com #StopTheCMSCuts
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