They came to tell Congress about their 'recovery plan' for physicians, which includes a Medicare pay boost and an end to some frustrating insurance company requirements.
The AMA represents about 250,000 doctors, roughly a quarter of the U.S. physician workforce. And sending its members in droves to Washington to make their case is nothing new. But this was the first organized group effort in more than three years, because of the COVID pandemic.
Before they met with House and Senate members and their aides, AMA staffers briefed the doctors at a downtown hotel on how to deliver their message for maximum effect. "No one wants a system that is not fiscally stable, and no one wants to see doctors busy filling out paperwork to fight denials from insurers," one AMA staffer said.
MedPAC noted that during the pandemic Congress provided tens of billions of dollars in relief funds to clinicians, and predicted demand for their services would reach or exceed pre-pandemic levels by 2023.an internist from Madison, Wisconsin, who joined McAvoy in Tuesday's meeting, said after a session with Wisconsin Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher's legislative aide that she felt satisfied he had heard their message about needing help to keep physician offices open and fully staffed.
Over two days, the Wisconsin physicians met with nine members of Congress from their state, though it was mostly aides in the House, as the lower chamber was on recess. She said the payment issue resonated with members of Congress, particularly when the message focused on helping doctors keep practices open in rural Texas.
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