To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule, and for other purposes.

The bill titled "To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule, and for other purposes," designated as H.R. 8622 in the 119th Congress and introduced on April 30, 2026, aims to change the Medicare physician fee schedule by converting the existing Merit-based Incentive Payment System into a Data-driven Performance Payment System. The bill likely includes provisions to ensure that physician payments are based on data-driven performance metrics rather than just merit-based incentives, with additional purposes outlined in the bill text.