VIDEO: President of RPA plans to focus on physician fee schedule, practice transformation

Issue: May 2023

ByTimothy Pflederer, MD

ByMark E. Neumann

ByJulie S. Keenan

Fact checked byGina Brockenbrough, MA

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The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule does not receive an inflationary adjuster.
Nephrologists are adapting to value-based care.

NEW ORLEANS — In this video interview from the Annual Renal Physicians Association Meeting, Timothy A. Pflederer, MD, FASN, FASDIN, discusses challenges faced by nephrologists and what the association plans to focus on in 2023.

“I think as nephrologists, the biggest challenge [is] the physician fee schedule. Physician payment reform is a critical issue,” Pflederer, president of the RPA, said in the video. “And then the other issue that's really critical is practice transformation.”

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Disclosures: Pflederer reports employment from RPA.

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VIDEO: President of RPA plans to focus on physician fee schedule, practice transformation

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