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• Grijalva Highlights Increased Availability of Medicare Preventive Services – Affordable Care Act Cut
  https://grijalva.house.gov/grijalva-highlights-increased-availability-medicare-preventive-services-affordable/
  ... and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), last year’s landmark health reform law, eliminated insurance copayments for many important screenings and preventive checkups for Medicare patients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a new report...
• Zinke Co-Leads Bill Countering VA’s Outdated Emergency Transportation Rule | Representative Ryan Zin
  https://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases/zinke-co-leads-bill-countering-vas-outdated-emergency-transportation-rule
  ... would become effective February 2024. The VA rule changes reimbursement amounts for ambulance services and reverts to the outdated Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) schedule based on 1998 data for air transport and 2002 data for ground transport...
• VA Meets Zinke’s Demands, Delays Rollout of Unaffordable Ambulance Rule | Representative Ryan Zinke
  https://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases/va-meets-zinkes-demands-delays-rollout-unaffordable-ambulance-rule
  ... previously set to be enacted February 2024 would dramatically cut the amount the VA pays for air and specialty ambulance services for veterans by reverting to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reimbursement rates based off data...
• Budzinski Leads Call for Illinois to Receive Rural Health Transformation Fund Dollars
  https://budzinski.house.gov/posts/budzinski-leads-call-for-illinois-to-receive-rural-health-transformation-fund-dollars
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• Evans Co-Leads Bipartisan Bill to Extend Successful “Hospital at Home” Programs | Representative Dwi
  https://evans.house.gov/media/press-releases/evans-co-leads-bipartisan-bill-extend-successful-hospital-home-programs
  ... legislation in the Senate. In November 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established the  Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver  to provide hospitals with increased flexibility to care for certain patients from the comfort and convenience...
• 2---Nexus-Letter-DUNN-Letterhead---Tallahassee-PD-Training-Facility.pdf
  https://dunn.house.gov/_cache/files/8/a/8ac819fc-615a-49bb-9f3f-b96b4e05c385/D3AA7855B2A2CDDE9323FBC17DC44FDF7A7A4DB6FDFF7891E19F9DB3B52003D1.2---nexus-letter-dunn-letterhead---tallahassee-pd-training-facility.pdf
  May 2, 2025 The Honorable Tom Cole The Honorable Rose DeLauro Chairman, Ranking Member, Committee on Appropriations Committee on Appropriations U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Cole and Ranking Me......
• Congressman Dan Goldman Pushes to Expand Medicare to Cover Life-Saving Cancer Screenings | Congressm
  https://goldman.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-dan-goldman-pushes-expand-medicare-cover-life-saving-cancer
  ... Detection Screening Coverage Act would: Create the authority for CMS to cover blood-based MCED tests and future test methods once approved by the FDA and shown to have clinical benefit. Maintain CMS’ authority to use an evidence-based process to determine...
• Health Care Archives - Page 5 of 23 - Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
  https://jayapal.house.gov/issue/health-care/page/5/
  ... Jayapal (WA-07), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) today are leading 70 lawmakers in calling on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement reforms to Medicare Advantage (MA) to improve health… Issues: Health Care...
• Miller-Meeks Leads 232 House Members to Address Doc Cuts Before 2025 | Representative Mariannette Mi
  https://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-meeks-leads-232-house-members-address-doc-cuts-2025
  ... Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule, which includes provisions subjecting all physicians and other clinicians treating Medicare patients to a 2.8 percent payment cut. In lieu...
• Buchanan Introduces Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Extend Successful “Hospital at Home” Progra
  https://buchanan.house.gov/2025/7/buchanan-introduces-bipartisan-bicameral-legislation-to-extend-successful-hospital-at-home-programs
  ... “Hospital at Home” programs for an additional five years. In November 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established the  Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver  to provide hospitals with increased flexibility to care for certain patients...