2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Some Benefits for Accountable Care, Telehealth

2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Some benefits for accountable care, telehealth

Advocacy groups issue praise, some questions for next year’s physician payment rule.

8 big takeaways from the 2026 Medicare physician fee schedule

Reimbursement inches up, but new efficiency rules and telehealth changes may leave independent practices feeling squeezed.

Final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Displeases Doc Groups – RamaOnHealthcare

It 'does not go far enough' to address the last two decades of payment cuts, they sayPhysician groups were generally dissatisfied with the final 2026

In annual rule, CMS finalizes new regulatory curbs on Medicare physician payments

Medicare physician payments are set to increase for the first time in six years, but policy changes will bring new financial constraints for hospital-based physicians and many specialties. A 2026 final rule ushers in limitations on payments for a wide array of physicians. After factoring in budget neutrality requirements, the policies appear to boost independent primary care clinics while pinching reimbursement for various other settings and ser…