Hospice News November 13, 2025
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). The rule governs payment rates for physician services, including those in hospice and palliative care, among other provisions.
The 2026 PFS includes a 2.5% increase in physician Medicare payments, as well as a 0.75% bump in rates for qualifying alternative payment model participants.
Since 1992, Medicare payment has been made under the PFS for the services of physicians and other billing professionals. This includes practitioners in a variety of settings, including physician offices, hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, skilled nursing facilities and other post-acute care settings, hospices, outpatient dialysis facilities, clinical laboratories and beneficiaries’ homes.
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