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    2026 MPFS Final Rule Increases Physician Payments

    January 21, 2026

    Physician Groups Express Concern Over Efficiency Adjustment and New ASM Model, and Push Towards a Value-Based Model On October 31, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its finalized Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for calendar year 2026. This article discusses the provisions contained in the MPFS final rule, as well as stakeholder reactions. On October 31, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its finalized Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for calendar year (CY) 2026, which “advances primary care management through improved quality measures, reduces waste and unnecessary use of skin substitutes, and introduces a…

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    2026 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule

    October 15, 2025

    Increases Payments Earlier this year, the CMS released its proposed MPFS for 2026. In addition to the agency’s suggested increase to physician payments, the proposed rule also announces a new payment model and more telehealth flexibilities. This article summarizes the proposed fee schedule changes. On July 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for calendar year (CY) 2026. In addition to the agency’s suggested increase to physician payments, the proposed rule also announces a new payment model and more telehealth flexibilities.[1] According to CMS, the “proposed rule is one…