# 119-hr-8163: Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026

119-hr-8163, Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-31).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8163
- Congress: 119
- Title: Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-03-30
- Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 90
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-31

## Summary

**This bill would stabilize Medicare physician payments by creating explicit, threshold-based corrections for estimated utilization and by limiting abrupt year-to-year changes in the payment conversion factor.** It pairs those corrections with routine updates to practice-cost data used to set relative value units to make payments more predictable for providers.

## Cosponsors (90)

- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI), 2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large] (R-GU), 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI), 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13] (R-PA), 2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-MO-3] (R-MO), 2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] (R-IA), 2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Conaway, Herbert C. [D-NJ-3] (D-NJ), 2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3] (D-MI), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] (R-PA), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX), 2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] (R-FL), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX), 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Max L. [R-OH-7] (R-OH), 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32] (D-TX), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4] (R-KS), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] (D-WA), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1] (R-UT), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13] (R-TX), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2026-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5] (D-OR), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16] (R-IL), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19] (D-NY), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22] (D-NY), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] (R-MD), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (D-NY), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7] (R-MI), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] (R-NC), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2026-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14] (R-NC), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45] (D-CA), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2026-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-ME), 2026-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY), 2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] (R-AZ), 2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV), 2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] (D-NY), 2026-08-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2026-08-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mejia, Analilia [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More stable Medicare doctor payments: mixed, medium. If enacted, this bill would change how Medicare Part B sets and fixes doctor payments to reduce big year-to-year swings. For some services, CMS would compare estimated spending to actual spending. If the difference is more than 0.1% of total Part B estimates, CMS would adjust the conversion factor…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-1993: 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act
- 119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-8163 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8163)

## Related
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-1993: 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1993)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-909)
- [119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4382)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8163 (as of 2026-10-31).