On May 7, Sen. Roger Marshall, MD (R-KS) introduced the ‘‘Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025’’ to increase Medicare payments for physicians. This follows Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-NC) introducing a very similar bill in the House in January, which...

The forthcoming reconciliation package must include physician payment provisions. Physicians are facing the 5th consecutive year of Medicare payment cuts and, over the past two decades, Medicare payment rates have fallen by 33%. This leaves physicians struggling to figure...

On May 20, 2025, the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act was re-introduced in Congress by Senators Roger Marshall, MD (R-KS) and Mark Warner (D-VA), and by Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Ami Bera, MD (D-CA), and John Joyce, MD...