Talk to Your Representative About Saving Independent Physicians

The American College of Radiation Oncology is a member of the Office-Based Facility Association (OBFA) coalition. The following is an urgent message from OBFA:

Following last year's House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on the Collapse of Private Practice, the new Congress and the Administration are actively considering policies to reform the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) to save independent physicians, private practice and office-based interventional care. In 2025, Medicare PFS reimbursement rates fall below the cost of providing care for more than 300 office-based interventional services. While efforts to address the Medicare PFS inflation update (i.e. the “conversion factor”) help, they aren't sufficient to address practice expense reimbursement shortfalls that have led to the collapse of private practice.

OBFA needs physicians to meet members of Congress in their local office. Set up a meeting here.

However, two promising bills (H.R. 10136 and H.R. 8404 / S. 4330) were introduced in the last Congress that respectively would remove certain high-cost supplies and equipment from the PFS in order to stabilize practice expense reimbursement for private practice. Together, these bills would stabilize services provided by independent physicians by establishing new payment models separate from the traditional Physician Fee Schedule — which was established in 1992 to reimburse for “physician fees,” not the substantial costs of supplies and equipment essential to modern medical practice. These bills would help save independent physicians across specialties, including Interventional Cardiology, Interventional Radiology, Urology, Nephrology, Pain Management, Radiation Oncology, Venous Care, and Vascular Surgery.

Your Voice Matters! Congress needs to hear directly from physicians about how these issues impact patient care in their districts and states. The OBFA team is ready to help connect you with your Representatives and Senators.

Take Action Now: Complete our brief form to have a member of our advocacy team help arrange a conversation with your Member of Congress in their local office. Your experience and perspective are invaluable in this fight to protect independent medical practices. Members want to hear stories from their home turf. 

The future of private practice and office-based interventional care hangs in the balance. Please don't wait—make your voice heard today!

Best regards, The OBFA Team

P.S. The time to act is now. Fill out our form today to help protect your practice and your patients' access to care.