Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2026 targets physician pay, prevention and wellness, skin substitutes

Medicare proposes ‘efficiency’ pay cuts that would hit highly paid specialists the most

Medicare is proposing across-the-board cuts to what Trump administration officials believe are overpriced medical procedures, scans, and tests — a consequential decision designed to even the score between highly paid specialists and primary care doctors. The federal Medicare agency justified its action by saying that more than half of the 10,000 billing codes used by physicians have never been reevaluated in the 30-plus years of this payment sys…

CMS Eyes 3.8 Percent Pay Hike for Doctors, Medicare Cost Cuts, and Chronic Care Expansion - The Thinking Conservative

Trump admin plan will save billions on wasteful spending, boost rates for doctors, and modernizing Medicare services, said HHS Sec. RFK, Jr. The post CMS Eyes 3.8 Percent Pay Hike for Doctors, Medicare Cost Cuts, and Chronic Care Expansion appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.

CMS Eyes 3.8 Percent Pay Hike for Doctors, Medicare Cost Cuts, and Chronic Care Expansion

The Trump administration has proposed changes to Medicare’s physician payment rates that could boost doctor pay by as much as 3.8 percent in 2026 while aiming to crack down on wasteful spending and expand chronic disease prevention programs. Under the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for calendar year 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said on July 15 that it would increase the conversion factor—a key componen…

CMS proposes rule aligning Medicare physician payment with ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ MACRA

The sweeping regulation proposes notable changes to how Medicare pays physicians, but overall results in a modest bump to reimbursement in 2026.

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2026 targets physician pay, prevention and wellness, skin substitutes

RFK Jr., Oz announce 60-day comment period for next year’s plan.