It is important we look for ways to make improvements and strengthen this landmark legislation... It is critical that we continue to work to balance fair and adequate compensation for physicians and other health care providers to maintain access to high quality care and promote patient choice. ... We need to look for opportunities that address these long-standing issues and level the playing field while we continue work to move patients into innovative care delivery models.
Continue working to improve and strengthen MACRA and Medicare physician payment policy, including addressing provider reporting burdens and long-term payment stability.
Occurrences
This hearing will further our efforts in finding ways to improve the Medicare payment system and provide greater stability for health care providers across the country.
Evidence
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee announced that Chairmen Brett Guthrie and Morgan Griffith scheduled a May 20, 2026 Health Subcommittee hearing on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, MACRA, and payment reforms. The announcement identified continued Medicare physician payment instability and regulatory burdens as issues for the hearing to examine.
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The House Committee Repository lists the May 20, 2026 Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing, its title, location, witnesses, hearing memorandum, and member statements including H. Morgan Griffith.
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Griffith's prepared opening statement said the hearing would examine reforms to Medicare physician payment and MACRA; he discussed MIPS reporting challenges, administrative burdens, small and rural provider strain, and long-term payment stability concerns.
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The committee reported that Morgan Griffith led the May 20 hearing and said a stable, sustainable physician payment system is important for providers, competition, affordability, and patient access.
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Public Law 119-21 includes Section 71202, a temporary Medicare physician fee schedule payment increase for services furnished on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2027, by 2.5 percent.
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The House Clerk recorded Roll Call 190 on H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as passed 218-214; Morgan Griffith of Virginia is listed as voting Aye.
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CMS said the CY 2026 PFS final rule implements statutory updates, including a one-year 2.50 percent increase for 2026, with final qualifying APM and nonqualifying APM conversion factors increasing from 2025.
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CMS finalized Medicare Shared Savings Program changes including revisions to Medicare CQM eligibility that CMS said would reduce ACO patient-matching burden, plus APM Performance Pathway quality measure updates.
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CMS lists CMS-1848-P for calendar year 2027 as a proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule with a July 14, 2026 display date and July 16, 2026 publication date, while the 2026 final rule remains CMS-1832-F.
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Congress.gov lists H.R. 879 as the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, with latest action limited to introduction and referral on January 31, 2025; it also lists Rep. H. Morgan Griffith as a cosponsor on March 6, 2025. CRS summarizes the bill as increasing certain Medicare physician fee schedule payment adjustments for services furnished from April 1, 2025, to January 1, 2026.
Assessments
Griffith materially worked on the promised issue during the same federal term: he led and participated in a 2026 Health Subcommittee hearing focused on MACRA, Medicare physician payment instability, reporting burdens, rural/small-provider strain, and long-term payment stability; he cosponsored H.R. 879 on Medicare physician payment stabilization; and he voted for H.R. 1, which became Public Law 119-21 and provided a temporary 2.5% Medicare physician payment increase for 2026. However, the record shows temporary payment relief, oversight, and agency-level administrative changes rather than enacted long-term MACRA reform or durable physician payment stabilization attributable to him. The promise is therefore partially fulfilled, not fully delivered.
Griffith took same-term, candidate-creditable action on the promised subject: he chaired/led a 2026 Health Subcommittee hearing focused on MACRA, Medicare physician payment instability, MIPS/reporting burdens, rural provider strain, and long-term payment stability, and he voted for H.R. 1/Public Law 119-21, which included a temporary 2.5% Medicare physician fee schedule increase for 2026. Those actions show continued work and some short-term payment relief, but the record does not show enacted long-term MACRA reform, durable physician payment stability, or a broad reduction in provider reporting burdens attributable to him. CMS reporting changes add partial policy progress but are mostly agency action rather than Griffith-specific delivery.