FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 31, 2026
Media Contact:
Samantha Tirado
Director of Policy Communications
stirado@mgma.org
MGMA Statement on the Provider Reimbursement Stability Act (March 31, 2026)
Anders Gilberg
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
Medical Group Management Association
“MGMA supports the bipartisan Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, introduced today, that would modernize Medicare's budget neutrality rules. For too long the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule has been subject to antiquated budget neutrality requirements that trigger broad cuts to Medicare reimbursement to offset changes in Relative Value Units (RVUs) over a low threshold. For example, important increases to office visit RVUs often result in reimbursement cuts to unrelated procedures. These rules have destabilized Medicare payment over the years and undermined the ability of medical groups to continue treating Medicare beneficiaries. This bill would make necessary changes such as increasing the budget neutrality threshold from $20 million to $54.3 million and indexing it to inflation. It would also allow for the correction of erroneous utilization estimates of Medicare services to avoid unwarranted cuts. MGMA looks forward to working with Congress to pass this critical piece of legislation.”
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About MGMA
Founded in 1926, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is the nation's largest association focused on the business of medical practice management. MGMA consists of 15,000 group medical practices ranging from small private medical practices to large national health systems representing more than 350,000 physicians. MGMA helps nearly 60,000 medical practice leaders and the healthcare community solve the business challenges of running practices so that they can focus on providing outstanding patient care. Specifically, MGMA helps its members innovate and improve profitability and financial sustainability, and it provides the gold standard on industry benchmarks such as physician compensation. The association also advocates extensively on its members' behalf on national regulatory and policy issues.
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