The Patients First Act of 2026 amends Medicare provisions to modify physician payments, establish a hybrid payment model for primary care services.

The Patients First Act of 2026 introduces several changes to Medicare physician payments. It modifies conversion factor updates, establishes a hybrid payment model for primary care services, and creates the Patient Outcome Improvement National Tabulation System (POINTS). The bill also establishes a Quality Reform Task Force to recommend quality, resource use, and care efficiency measures. It includes provisions for budget neutrality corrections, limitation on year-to-year conversion factor variance, and updates to direct costs used to calculate practice expense relative value units.

The Patients First Act of 2026 amends Medicare provisions to modify physician payments, establish a hybrid payment model for primary care services.

The Patients First Act of 2026 introduces several changes to Medicare physician payments. It modifies conversion factor updates, establishes a hybrid payment model for primary care services, and creates the Patient Outcome Improvement National Tabulation System (POINTS). The bill also establishes a Quality Reform Task Force to recommend quality, resource use, and care efficiency measures. It includes provisions for budget neutrality corrections, limitation on year-to-year conversion factor variance, and updates to direct costs used to calculate practice expense relative value units.