H.R. 6160 · 119th Congress
Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act
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Fletcher4 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill modifies certain adjustments to payment amounts under the Medicare physician fee schedule.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Nov 19, 2025
Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act
This bill modifies certain adjustments to payment amounts under the Medicare physician fee schedule.
Payment amounts under the Medicare physician fee schedule are based on a service's relative value, a conversion factor, and a geographic adjustment factor. Current law provides for separate conversion factors for physicians that are qualifying participants in advanced alternative payment models (also known as qualifying APM participants) and for other physicians beginning in 2026, with an annual update of 0.75% and 0.25%, respectively.
The bill replaces the separate conversion factors for qualifying APM participants and other physicians with a single conversion factor and provides for an update that is equal to the annual percentage increase in the Medicare Economic Index, beginning in 2026. (The Medicare Economic Index is a specialized index that is generally used to determine allowed charges for physician services based on annual price changes.)
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act
Latest action (Nov 19, 2025): 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.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Nov 19, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.