HR 538
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.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE-3]
- Cosponsors
- 2
- Policy area
- Health
- Introduced
- 2025-01-16
- Latest action
- 2025-01-16: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-01-16: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- 2025-01-16: Introduced in House
- 2025-01-16: Introduced in House