Office-Based Facility Association
@OBFAssn
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The Office-Based Facility Association is a coalition of practitioners and affiliated entities involved in providing office-based specialty care.
Washington, DC
Joined July 2021
“Independent office-based practices have been hanging by a thread for too long. Today’s final rule gives them breathing room and recognizes the real cost of overhead in those settings.”— Dr. Bob Tahara
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📰 AP NEWS: OBFA Applauds CMS Final Rule Recognizing Indirect Practice Expense; Echoes Call to Remove Supplies & Equipment from PFS 🩺👩⚕️👨⚕️⚕️🩹💉 https://t.co/B9vqaBcpgM
@CMSGov
apnews.com
OBFA applauds CMS for recognizing indirect practice expense in the 2025 PFS, calling it vital relief for office-based care and urging broader payment reform.
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📰From @PNS_News: Report: Consolidation harms private medical practices in rural WA 📉 https://t.co/N91tDff8VV?
app.publicnewsservice.org
Nearly half of doctors' offices are now consolidated within hospital systems, a trend contributing to higher costs and fewer services, especially in rural areas.A new report from the Government...
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🚨NEWS ALERT: GAO Report Validates OBFA Warnings: Physician Consolidation Driving Up Healthcare Costs Without Improving Quality https://t.co/DxjDHrY11T
obfassociation.org
New federal audit confirms independent practice decline leads to higher Medicare spending and facility fees
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We submitted a comment letter to the @CMSGov on the proposed rule for the CY 2026 #MPFS. We applaud a new #Medicare proposal that could help stop years of harmful payment cuts to independent doctors' offices. You can read the letter here ⬇️ https://t.co/lxujTXRpBp
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NEW: OBFA Supports New #Medicare Proposal To Help Save Independent Doctor Offices and Protect Patient Access https://t.co/yK7wN51fOW
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This reimbursement shortfall has become a primary driver behind the widespread closure and consolidation of independent medical practices.
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Currently, according to @CMSGov's own data, there are 300 office-based services under the PFS that Medicare reimbursement does not even compensate for the direct costs (including supplies and equipment) let alone reimburse the physician for their actual work.
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We need to protect specialists – they cannot continue to see dramatic cuts, manage record inflation, and continue to provide quality care to patients at the same time.
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ICYMI: @AmerUrological joined a growing list of stakeholders supporting the reintroduction of the Promoting Fairness for Medicare Providers Act, a bipartisan bill in the 118th Congress led by @RepGusBilirakis, @RepGregMurphy, & @RepDannyDavis.
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Across the nation, independent and private practice physicians who perform interventional procedures in office settings are shutting down or consolidating due to a fundamental mismatch in Medicare's Physician Fee Schedule.
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In a Dec 2024 letter, key stakeholders endorsed a new site-of-service for office-based interventional care, including: @ASPN_PainNeuro @TheAACU @ACRORadOnc @myAVLS @VenousForum @ASDINNews @ASNKidney @OEISociety @SCAI @SIRspecialists + RPA. Last week, @AmerUrological joined them.
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This reimbursement shortfall has become a primary driver behind the widespread closure and consolidation of independent medical practices.
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Currently, according to @CMSGov's own data, there are 300 office-based services under the PFS that Medicare reimbursement does not even compensate for the direct costs (including supplies and equipment) let alone reimburse the physician for their actual work.
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Across the nation, independent and private practice physicians who perform interventional procedures in office settings are shutting down or consolidating. This trend stems from a fundamental mismatch in Medicare's Physician Fee Schedule.
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The @AmerUrological has joined a growing list of stakeholders supporting the reintroduction of the Promoting Fairness for Medicare Providers Act. Read more here ➡️
obfassociation.org
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A recent @AmerMedicalAssn study shows that providers are increasingly abandoning private practice in favor of employment with hospital systems. Read the full study and what it means here:
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New studies from @PhysAdvocacy & @AmerMedicalAssn underscore the severity of a significant decline in independent & private practice #healthcare options. Read our response here ⤵️
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We view Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) provisions contained in the House Budget Reconciliation package as a downpayment towards additional, critically needed relief for office-based providers throughout the remainder of the 119th Congress.
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