Today @RepTroyCarter asked: if Congress fails to reform Medicare physician payment, what will the next 10 years look like for seniors trying to find a doctor, especially in rural communities? @sfurrmd highlighted two critical points: ☑️ Everyone needs access to a primary care physician, not just to treat illness, but to prevent disease. Medicare payment policy should better reflect the value of prevention and longitudinal primary care. ☑️ We must bolster the next generation of family physicians by training more doctors in community-based and rural settings, where shortages are already severe and growing. bit.ly/4tRaiDE

Health maintenance, early diagnosis and early treatment. These are core services family physicians provide every day. Former @aafp president told @EnergyCommerce @HouseCommerce: "Our current Medicare payment system is not working for patients. It's not working for physicians. We are at a crossroads. We need to move toward a system that makes people healthy, not one that keeps them sick." bit.ly/4tRaiDE

Thanks to @RepDianaDeGette, @RepGusBilirakis @FrankPallone and @RepKimSchrier for championing primary care and recognizing that we need policies that create more stable, predictable payment streams for primary care practices so physicians can better tailor care to patients’ needs.

Family physician and former @aafp president @SFurrMD is testifying before @HouseCommerce @EnergyCommerce to share how #Medicare payments to physicians have not kept up with the rising costs of running a medical practice. Congress must modernize the outdated Medicare physician payment system to better support patient care and strengthen primary care practices. bit.ly/4a0qUl3