Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025

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 June 1, 2025, and January 1, 2026.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1640 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1640

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase support for 
  physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment 
                                changes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 2025

 Mr. Marshall introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase support for 
  physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment 
                                changes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Patient Access and Practice 
Stabilization Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INCREASING SUPPORT FOR PHYSICIANS AND OTHER PRACTITIONERS IN 
              ADJUSTING TO MEDICARE PAYMENT CHANGES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1848(t) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w-4(t)) is amended--
            (1) in the header, by striking ``2024'' and inserting 
        ``2025''; and
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024'' and inserting 
                ``2021 through 2025'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (C) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(F) such services furnished on or after June 1, 
                2025, and before January 1, 2026, by 8.51 percent.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1848(c)(2)(B)(iv)(V) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(c)(2)(B)(iv)(V)) is amended by 
striking ``2021, 2022, 2023, or 2024'' and inserting ``any of years 
2021 through 2025''.
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