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HR 9642Introduced

Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act

Introduced July 13, 2026

Summary

Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology ActThis bill modifies the Medicare payment methodology for anesthesiologists in rural hospitals.Specifically, the bill provides that payment must be made on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesiologists in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals that have no more than 800 surgical procedures requiring anesthesia services per year (or a higher number set by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services).

Timeline

  1. Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.

  2. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  3. Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

  4. Introduced in House

  5. Introduced in House

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