Bill Detail
H.R. 538
Congress: 119
Title
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2025
Summary
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2025 This bill repeals the 96-hour physician-certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under Medicare. Under current law, as a condition for Medicare payment for such services, a physician must certify that a patient may reasonably be expected to be discharged or transferred to a hospital within 96 hours after admission to the critical access hospital.
Sponsor
Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE-3]
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Status as of Jun 28, 10:42 PM · synced 22h ago
Introduced
2025-01-16
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Bill Engagement
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2025 This bill repeals the 96-hour physician-certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under Medicare.
Lobbyists on the case
- American Hospital Association1 filing · 28 lobs
- America's Health Insurance Plans, Inc. (AHIP)1 filing · 13 lobs
- California Hospital Association1 filing · 1 lob
- Lisa (Kidder) Hrobsky2025 Q2
- Gary Beck2026 Q1
- Megan Cundari2025 Q2
- Terrence Cunningham2025 Q2
- Akinluwa Demehin2025 Q2
- Sean Dickson2026 Q1
- Sean Dugan2026 Q1
- Anna Dunbar-hester2026 Q1