Medicare Physician Pay Cut Fix Seeks Home in Reconciliation Bill

Efforts to undo Medicare’s 2025 physician pay cut will once again ride on whether a legislative fix can be attached to an under-construction spending bill—this time, the “big beautiful” Republican reconciliation package.

After unsuccessful attempts to include the reimbursement redo in a 2024 year-end spending bill and the continuing resolution in March, the GOP Doctors Caucus and its co-chair, Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.), are optimistic about finding a place for the so-called “doc fix” in the sprawling House GOP reconciliation bill that’s taking shape on Capitol Hill.

Numerous committees are holding reconciliation markups this week, though notably not the panel ...