Continue working to improve and strengthen MACRA and Medicare physician payment policy, including addressing provider reporting burdens and long-term payment stability.

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.

Griffith committed to continuing work on reforms to strengthen MACRA and Medicare physician payment policy, including improving provider compensation, stability, access, patient choice, and value-based care models.

Chairman Griffith Delivers Opening Statement at Health Subcommittee Hearing to Examine Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and MACRA
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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.

Within the lookback window, Griffith used his Health Subcommittee chair role to launch a hearing directly focused on MACRA, Medicare physician payment instability, regulatory burden, and stabilizing physician payment. This is concrete ongoing work but not final long-term reform.

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RESCHEDULED: Chairmen Guthrie and Griffith Announce Hearing to Examine Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and MACRA
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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.

The official House record confirms the MACRA and Medicare Physician Fee Schedule hearing occurred in the relevant term and had witness testimony and formal committee materials. This supports serious action, not full policy delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

Hearing: Examining the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, MACRA, and Opportunities for Payment Reforms
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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.

This is the strongest lookback evidence for the promise: Griffith explicitly addressed MACRA strengthening, provider reporting burden, and long-term physician payment stability. The statement still frames the issues as needing solutions, so it supports partial progress rather than full delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

Chairman Griffith Delivers Opening Statement at Health Subcommittee Hearing to Examine Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and MACRA
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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.

The post-hearing committee release confirms Griffith led the hearing and tied the work to stable and sustainable physician payment. It does not show enactment of long-term reform, so the commitment remains only partially satisfied.

partial same_term A for effort

Health Subcommittee Holds Hearing Examining Medicare Physician Payment Issues and Reforms Enacted in MACRA
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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.

The enacted law provided a temporary 2026 Medicare physician payment increase, which partially addresses payment stability. It is not a long-term MACRA fix and does not by itself reduce reporting burdens.

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H.R.1 - Public Law 119-21 Text
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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.

Griffith voted for the bill that became Public Law 119-21 and included the 2026 temporary Medicare physician fee schedule increase. This is concrete legislative action toward payment stability, but the fix was temporary.

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Roll Call 190 | Bill Number: H. R. 1
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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.

CMS implementation confirms the temporary payment bump took effect through the 2026 physician fee schedule. This helps deliver short-term payment relief but leaves the claim's long-term payment stability component unresolved.

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Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (CMS-1832-F)
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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.

CMS made some Quality Payment Program and ACO reporting-related changes in the 2026 PFS rule. This is partial administrative progress on burden reduction, but it is agency action rather than Griffith-specific action and does not complete broader MACRA reform.

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Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (CMS-1832-F) Medicare Shared Savings Program Changes
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