FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 30, 2026
Media Contact:
Samantha Tirado
Director of Policy Communications
stirado@mgma.org
MGMA Statement on Introduction of the Medicare Physician Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026 (April 30, 2026)
Anders Gilberg
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
Medical Group Management Association
“For years, MGMA members have expressed frustration with the significant administrative burden associated with reporting under MIPS. This burden is exacerbated by the MIPS program's tournament-style model, which increases payments to practices that meet onerous quality reporting requirements by cutting payments to practices that don’t. The bipartisan Medicare Physician Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026 makes important changes, such as eliminating the tournament-style model to stop punitive cuts, freezing the performance threshold, and ensuring medical groups receive timely performance feedback from CMS. MGMA looks forward to working with Congress to pass this important bill.”
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About MGMA
Founded in 1926, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is the nation's largest association focused on the business of medical practice management. MGMA consists of 15,000 group medical practices ranging from small private medical practices to large national health systems representing more than 350,000 physicians. MGMA helps nearly 60,000 medical practice leaders and the healthcare community solve the business challenges of running practices so that they can focus on providing outstanding patient care. Specifically, MGMA helps its members innovate and improve profitability and financial sustainability, and it provides the gold standard on industry benchmarks such as physician compensation. The association also advocates extensively on its members' behalf on national regulatory and policy issues.
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