December 12, 2025 

Re: MGMA Letter of Support for the Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act

Dear Representatives Ruiz, Bilirakis, Bera, Panetta, and Schrier:

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) thanks you for your longstanding leadership in supporting medical groups’ ability to offer high-quality, cost-effective care. With a membership of more than 60,000 medical practice administrators, executives, and leaders, MGMA represents more than 15,000 medical group practices ranging from small private medical practices to large national health systems, representing more than 350,000 physicians. We write to you today to express our support for the bipartisan Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act (H.R. 6160). This critical piece of legislation would enact a long-needed annual inflationary update to Medicare reimbursement tied to the Medicare Economic Index (MEI).

Unlike other reimbursement systems under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’(CMS) purview, Medicare Part B payment does not include an annual inflationary update that keeps pace with the cost of providing care. The negative effects of a lack of an MEI update are myriad, as physician practices have detailed considering limiting the number of new Medicare patients, reducing charity care, reducing number of clinical staff, and closing satellite locations should Medicare payment continue on this path.

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