HR 879 · in committee · significant
Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- The bill increases Medicare payments to doctors for services provided between April and December 2025.
- Medicare patients and physicians who treat them are affected by the payment rate changes.
- The adjustment increases reimbursement rates under the existing Medicare fee schedule with no new program costs.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would increasing Medicare payments to doctors between April and December 2025 affect patient access to care in rural versus urban areas?
- 02
What evidence supports the claim that higher physician reimbursement rates will stabilize medical practices without increasing overall Medicare program costs?
- 03
Which medical specialties or practice types would benefit most from this temporary payment increase, and could it create inequities among providers?
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Sponsor · R-NC-3
Gregory F. Murphy
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
197/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-31
Joining the bill
Jimmy Panetta
D-CA-19 · original
Claudia Tenney
R-NY-24 · original
Raja Krishnamoorthi
D-IL-8 · original
Richard McCormick
R-GA-7 · original
Kim Schrier
D-WA-8 · original
Carol D. Miller
R-WV-1 · original
John Joyce
R-PA-13 · original
Ami Bera
D-CA-6 · original
Andy Harris
R-MD-1 · original
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
R-IA-1 · original
Raul Ruiz
D-CA-25 · original
Jefferson Van Drew
D-NJ-2 · original
+ 185 more
Legislative timeline
2025-01-31 · 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.
2025-01-31 · 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.
2025-01-31 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-31 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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