Introduction As of mid-2025, U.S. doctors face a critical inflection point in how they are paid for services under Medicare. The convergence of two trends—updated Medicare reimbursement policies and the evolving telehealth billing framework—has reshaped revenue streams across nearly all medical specialties. While 2025 brought a new round of reimbursement cuts under the Physician Fee […]

Introduction In January 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the fifth consecutive annual cut to its Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), reducing the conversion factor from approximately $33.29 to $32.35, a 2.83% decrease (ascopost.com, cms.gov). This reduction comes amid a 3.5% increase in the Medicare Economic Index (reflecting rising costs for practices), […]

Introduction In recent years, U.S. healthcare has been steadily moving away from traditional fee‑for‑service billing and toward value‑based care (VBC) and bundled‑payment models. These frameworks link physician compensation to patient outcomes, quality of care and overall cost control. As CMS and commercial payers ramp up these models in 2025, understanding their structure, billing nuances and […]