Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2023
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedAug 22, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2023
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide Medicare payment on a reasonable-cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in a rural hospital. Specifically, the CMS shall provide payment for such services in the same manner as payment is provided under current law for services furnished in a rural hospital by a certified registered nurse anesthetist.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 22, 2023 to Jun 7, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Aug 22, 2023 |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Sep 8, 2023 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Sep 8, 2023 | |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | Sep 14, 2023 | |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Sep 27, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Oct 20, 2023 | |
| R-WY | Harriet M. Hageman | Nov 2, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Nov 17, 2023 | |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Nov 28, 2023 | |
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | Feb 7, 2024 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Feb 9, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Monica De La Cruz | Feb 14, 2024 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Feb 23, 2024 | |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Feb 23, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Mar 1, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Mar 21, 2024 | |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | May 14, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | May 16, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Jun 7, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Aug 22, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Aug 22, 2023Introduced in House
- Aug 22, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 138, August 22, 2023, page H4197.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A of the Medicare Program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as payments are provided for anesthesia services furnished by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists in such hospitals, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 22, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
