Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act for Medicare Physician Payments
This bill delays the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule until January 1, 2030. It also amends the conversion factor update rates for qualifying and nonqualifying APM participants for the year 2026.
Key points
Delays the implementation of the work RVU efficiency adjustment until January 1, 2030.
Modifies the conversion factor update rates for 2026 (from 0.75% to 1.24% and from 0.25% to 0.74%).
Requires a report to Congress within 2 years assessing the necessity of a one-time adjustment.
Prohibits future adjustments for services revalued or reviewed within the preceding 10-year period.
Status:
Introduced
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