Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025
Key claim: HR879 would increase Medicare physician fee schedule payment adjustments for services furnished between April 1, 2025, and January 1, 2026.
Abstract
(HR879 · 119th Congress) Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025 This bill increases certain payment adjustments under the Medicare physician fee schedule for services furnished between April 1, 2025, and January 1, 2026. Latest action (2025-01-31): 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.
Why this matters
Physician fee schedule adjustments directly affect what Medicare pays clinicians and, indirectly, patient access to physician services as practices weigh whether Medicare reimbursement covers their costs. A temporary bump for April 2025–January 2026 is a recurring congressional response to scheduled conversion factor cuts, and its enactment status determines whether providers see relief in the current year.