H.R. 879 · 119th Congress

Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025

Introduced on Jan 31, 2025 by Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3). 198 cosponsors, 117 of them from another party. Latest action (Jan 31, 2025): Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jan 31, 2025
Cosponsors
198
117 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes.

Subjects

  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Medicare

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jan 31, 2025). Public domain.

Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025

This bill increases certain payment adjustments under the Medicare physician fee schedule for services furnished between April 1, 2025, and January 1, 2026.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Gregory F. MurphyR-NC-3Sponsor

Democrats · 117

Republicans · 81

Withdrawn cosponsors

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jan 31, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jan 31, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jan 31, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Jan 31, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. American Medical Association23 reports
    $36.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$371K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  2. ADVION (formerly National Association for the Support of Long Term Care)12 reports
    $486.7K reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY12 reports
    $1.8M reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS11 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS$92K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GASTROENTEROLOGY9 reports
    $304K reported (all issues)
  6. ALLIANCE FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY QUALITY AND INNOVATION7 reports
    $320K reported (all issues)
  7. AMERICAN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION7 reports
    $439.2K reported (all issues)
  8. AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)6 reports
    $25.6M reported (all issues)
  9. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $4M reported (all issues)
  10. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY6 reports
    $1.7M reported (all issues)
  11. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS6 reports
    $2.7M reported (all issues)
  12. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY6 reports
    $3.4M reported (all issues)
  13. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY6 reports
    $560K reported (all issues)
  14. AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $4.8M reported (all issues)
  15. AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  16. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION$645K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  17. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY6 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY$307.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  18. American Academy of Dermatology6 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  19. American Academy of Family Physicians6 reports
    $5.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSAI match · 99%
  20. American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation6 reports
    $170K reported (all issues)
  21. American College of Radiology Association6 reports
    Federal contractor: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGYAI match · 97%
  22. American Geriatrics Society6 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  23. American Society of Hematology6 reports
    $320K reported (all issues)
  24. Association of American Medical Colleges6 reports
    $4.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGESAI match · 100%
  25. COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS6 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS$18M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  26. HEALTHCARE BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT ASSOC (FKA HEALTHCARE BILLING & MGMT)6 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  27. MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY6 reports
    $330K reported (all issues)
  28. SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY6 reports
    $530K reported (all issues)
  29. Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions6 reports
    $138K reported (all issues)
  30. Society of Hospital Medicine6 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  31. Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging6 reports
    $440K reported (all issues)
  32. The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (AOTA)6 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  33. The MetroHealth System6 reports
  34. US Physician Partners (Informal Coalition)6 reports
    $530K reported (all issues)
  35. AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  36. American Medical Group Assoc. (AMGA)5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  37. Large Urology Group Practice Association5 reports
    $450K reported (all issues)
  38. McKesson Corporation & affiliates U.S. Oncology and Rx Savings Solutions5 reports
    $3.6M reported (all issues)
  39. McKesson Corporation & affiliates U.S. Oncology and Rx Savings Solutions (Former5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  40. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS4 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.