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, /PRNewswire/ -- The proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rule issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week recognizes the need to substantially improve care for the 10 million Americans who suffer from osteoporosis, almost two million of whom suffer painful fractures each year. In its proposed rule, CMS proposes payment changes to incentivize better care. This follows three years of efforts led by the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF) and the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) as well as a broad coalition of patient advocacy, health professional organizations, and Congressional offices calling on the agency to help reduce the rapid rise in costly and deadly osteoporotic fractures suffered by Medicare beneficiaries.

Half of all women and one out of every four men over the age of 50 will suffer a fracture due to osteoporosis in their lifetime, leading to more hospitalizations than heart attacks, strokes, or breast cancer. Total costs for osteoporotic fractures are expected to soar to by 2040 without reforms. "We commend CMS for recognizing the urgent need to address the crisis in post-fracture care for osteoporosis patients and taking the first step to incentivizing better care, which gives patients hope," said , CEO of BHOF.



"On behalf of the 10 million Americans with osteoporosis, we thank CMS, our colleagues in the bone health and osteoporosis community, our Congressional Bone Health Champions, and a.

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