Improving Medicare
2026 Advocacy Priorities
Where We Stand
The American College of Physicians advocates to ensure that Medicare meets the needs of internal medicine physicians and their patients. We support the goal of aligning physician payments with the efficient delivery of high-quality care to patients. We support improvements that would do away with unnecessary administrative burdens that divert physicians away from patient care. For the transition to value-based payments to work, performance measures used for payment or public accountability must be evidence-based, clinically relevant, and appropriate; and internal medicine physicians must be given ample opportunity to participate in a range of diverse alternative payment models that can accommodate a wide range of specialties, practice sizes, and unique patient populations.
Policies
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Ask Congress to Support the “Efficiency Adjustment” in Final Fee Schedule Rule
Latest Advocacy Efforts
- StatementLeading Physician Groups: Patients First Act Addresses Longstanding Payment Challenges 7/20/2026
StatementACP statement of support for S.J.Res. 198, expressing Congressional disapproval of the implementation of the WISeR model at CMS 7/16/2026
StatementACP says 2027 Medicare payment proposal is a positive step for internal medicine physicians 7/15/2026
- StatementACP applauds the introduction of the Patients First Act of 2026 7/15/2026
- SummaryACP Summary of the Calendar Year 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Proposed Rule 7/9/2026
- TestimonyACP’s Statement for the Record on House E&C Health Subcommittee’s Markup of Price Transparency Legislation 6/25/2026
- LetterACP’s Letter to E&C Health on Health Care Transparency Legislative Hearing 6/18/2026
- TestimonyACP Written Testimony for the Record to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies for FY2027 5/21/2026
- TestimonyACP’s Witness Testimony for E&C Health Subcommittee Hearing on MACRA and Payment Reforms 5/20/2026
- LetterValue Based Coalition Letter to Congressional Leaders to Support Advanced APM Incentive Extension and Continued Medicare Payment Reform 3/16/2026
- LetterACP Comments on Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year 2027 for Medicare Advantage Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies 2/25/2026
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