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Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2026
To require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test allowing blood transfusions to be paid separately from the Medicare hospice all-inclusive per diem payment.
- Introduced
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2026
This bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a model under which blood transfusions furnished to an individual receiving hospice care are paid separately from the hospice all-inclusive per diem payment under Medicare. The CMMI must evaluate the model by comparing patients participating in the model with those outside of the model in relation to specified metrics, such as hospital utilization and days of hospice care before the end of life.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jul 15, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Jul 15, 2026 Introduced in House
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