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Advisory
Member

CMS Issues CY 2026 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

Advisory
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Oct. 31 issued a final rule that updates physician fee schedule (PFS) payments for calendar year (CY) 2026.
Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP, Outpatient Prospective Payment Systems (OPPS), Telehealth, Medicare, Ambulatory and Outpatient Care, Behavioral Health Care Delivery, Medicare, Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), Interoperability, Medicare Physician Payment
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA Letter Opposing the Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act (H.R.2191)

Letter/Comment
AHA expresses opposition to H.R. 2191, the Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act.
Rural issues, Physician Self-Referral Law/Stark law, Marketplace Issues/Stability, Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA Opposes House Bill Proposing to Expand Physician-owned Hospitals

Letter/Comment
AHA letter to Representatives Van Duyne and Cuellar expressing opposition to H.R. 4002, the Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act.
Access & Health Coverage, Physician Self-Referral Law/Stark law
Advisory
Member

CMS Issues CY 2026 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

Advisory
CMS July 14 issued a proposed rule that would update physician fee schedule (PFS) payments for calendar year (CY) 2026.
Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP, Telehealth, Medicare, Behavioral Health Care Delivery, Medicare
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA Comments on MedPAC Physician Fee Schedule Payment Recommendations

Letter/Comment
April 4, 2025Michael Chernew, Ph.D.ChairmanMedicare Payment Advisory Commission425 I Street, NW, Suite 701Washington, D.C. 20001Dear Chairman Chernew:
Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP
Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet: Physician Self-referral to Physician-owned Hospitals

Fact Sheets
Some members of Congress continue to propose weakening Medicare’s prohibition on physician self-referral to new physician-owned hospitals and loosening restrictions on the growth of grandfathered hospitals. The Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2023 (H.R. 977/S.470), would allow problematic physician-owned hospitals to open and permit unfettered growth in existing physician-owned hospitals.
Physician Self-Referral Law/Stark law, Physician-owned Hospitals