S. 1640

Summary

S. 1640, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on May 7, 2025 by Sen. Roger Marshall (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Finance, and last saw action on May 7, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Record

Text

S. 1640 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 S1640 IS: Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-05-07
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  II
  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 1640
  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
  May 7, 2025
  Mr. Marshall  introduced the following
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Finance
  A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase support for
  physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment
  changes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025  .
2.
Increasing support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to
  Medicare payment changes
(a)
In general
Section 1848(t) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(t) ) is amended—
(1)
in the header, by striking
2024   and inserting
2025  ; and
(2)
in paragraph (1)—
(A)
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking  2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024  and inserting  2021 through 2025 ;
(B)
in subparagraph (D), by striking  and  at the end;
(C)
in subparagraph (E), by striking the period and inserting  ; and ; and
(D)
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
(F)
such services furnished on or after June 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2026, by 8.51 percent.
  .
(b)
Conforming amendment
Section 1848(c)(2)(B)(iv)(V) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(c)(2)(B)(iv)(V) ) is amended by striking  2021, 2022, 2023, or 2024  and inserting  any of years 2021 through 2025 .

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Sen. Roger Marshall (R) sponsors S. 1640, and 1 member has co-sponsored it.

Roger Marshall

Sen. · R–KS · Sponsor

Introduced May 7, 2025

Adam Schiff

Sen. · D–CA · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 3, 2025

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Committees

S. 1640 went before 1 committee: Finance.

Finance

Finance

Referred To · May 7, 2025 · 902 Bills

Actions

S. 1640 has taken 2 actions since May 7, 2025.

Votes

S. 1640 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to S. 1640.

HR 879Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025Jan 31, 2025 · Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Commit… · Related bill

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Titles

S. 1640 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

19 clients hired 17 firms and 83 registered lobbyists who named S. 1640 in 63 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Immigration, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 83.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1640 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1640’s is Health.

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