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Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-1936| Senate 
| Updated: 6/3/2025
Jacky Rosen

Jacky Rosen

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (2)
John Barrasso (Republican)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill directs the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMI) to establish and implement a new payment model within one year of its enactment. This model will specifically test allowing blood transfusions furnished to individuals receiving hospice care to be paid for separately from the existing Medicare hospice all-inclusive per diem payment. Under this proposed model, the separate payment amount for blood transfusions would align with what would typically be paid if the transfusion were not part of hospice care. The CMI's evaluation of this model must compare participants with similar patients outside the model, using specific metrics such as hospital utilization, chemotherapy services, and transfusion frequency, to assess its impact.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-2186
Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2023

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-2566
Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2021
Jun 3, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jun 3, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-2186
    Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2023


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-2566
    Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2021


  • June 3, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 3, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Health

Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-1936| Senate 
| Updated: 6/3/2025
This bill directs the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMI) to establish and implement a new payment model within one year of its enactment. This model will specifically test allowing blood transfusions furnished to individuals receiving hospice care to be paid for separately from the existing Medicare hospice all-inclusive per diem payment. Under this proposed model, the separate payment amount for blood transfusions would align with what would typically be paid if the transfusion were not part of hospice care. The CMI's evaluation of this model must compare participants with similar patients outside the model, using specific metrics such as hospital utilization, chemotherapy services, and transfusion frequency, to assess its impact.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-2186
Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2023

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-2566
Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2021
Jun 3, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jun 3, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-2186
    Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2023


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-2566
    Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2021


  • June 3, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 3, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jacky Rosen

Jacky Rosen

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (2)
John Barrasso (Republican)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)

Finance Committee

Health

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted