Medicare Finalizes Physician Fee Schedule for 2026

Medicare Finalizes Physician Fee Schedule for 2026

(MedPage Today) -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Friday finalized its annual physician fee schedule for 2026, giving doctors treating Medicare patients a 3.77% pay bump if participating in alternative payment models...

2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Payment up 2.5% as CMS shifts from ‘sick-care’ to health care

CMS announces changes to ‘deliver better outcomes for patients’ while safeguarding funds.

Medicare finalizes controversial cut to specialty care next year

The CMS finalized the Medicare physician fee schedule for 2026 on Friday, one day before the statutory deadline. It includes an overall payment hike and a few policies that are deeply unpopular with specialists.

Medicare Shake-Up: CMS Slashes Waste, Supercharges Primary Care for 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday finalized a sweeping 2026 Physician Fee Schedule that tightens payment accuracy, cracks down on runaway spending for skin substitutes, and expands prevention- and primary care–focused benefits — a package federal officials say will improve care for seniors while protecting taxpayers. “The new Medicare fee schedule delivers a major win for seniors, protects hometown doctors…

Physicians get a 2.5% pay increase in final rule – RamaOnHealthcare

The 2.5% increase was voted into law in July in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.Physicians will get a 2.5% pay increase in the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Friday.The rule also includes payment increases based on conversion factors. It includes provisions welcomed [...]