MedPage Today December 5, 2025
Draft recommendation is for a 0.5% increase above current law in 2027
Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) generally responded favorably Thursday to a draft recommendation to increase reimbursement in 2027 for physicians who treat Medicare patients — with one exception.
The MedPAC chairman’s draft recommendation was to “increase payment rates for physician and other health professional services by 0.5 percentage points more than current law.” However, commission member Brian Miller, MD, MPH, of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, pointed out that last year, “[MedPAC’s recommended] physician fee schedule update … was a net update of 3%.”
“Our update this year is a net update of -2.2%, so while we are recommending something above the current law, we...
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