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HR 6160 · in committee · significant

Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act

What this bill does

  • The bill changes how Medicare pays doctors by using a single payment rate instead of two separate rates based on participation in alternative payment models.
  • Medicare physicians and patients are affected by this change to how doctor payment amounts are calculated and updated.
  • The new single payment rate will increase annually based on the Medicare Economic Index starting in 2026.

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  1. 01

    How would consolidating Medicare's two separate physician payment rates into one affect doctors who currently participate in alternative payment models versus those who don't?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports the claim that indexing payment increases to the Medicare Economic Index starting in 2026 will adequately reflect actual physician practice costs?

  3. 03

    Which patient populations or geographic regions might experience different access to care if physician payment structures shift under this new single-rate system?

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Sponsor · D-CA-25

Raul Ruiz

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Introduced 2025-11-19

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-11-19 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  2. 2025-11-19 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-11-19 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-11-19 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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