CARE Act of 2025
- Last Action
- 4/1/2025
Actions
- 2025-04-01Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2025-04-01Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2025-04-01Introduced in House
- 2025-04-01Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-04-01 (00)
Comprehensive Alternative Response for Emergencies Act of 2025 or the CARE Act of 2025
This bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a five-year model that provides for Medicare payment for ground ambulance services that do not result in the transport of the patient.
Under the model, Medicare payment may be furnished for ground ambulance services when an ambulance is dispatched in response to an emergency medical call but the ambulance does not end up transporting the patient. Payment rates under the model must generally align with the payment rates that apply when there is an actual transport.
The Government Accountability Office must report on the general access of Medicare beneficiaries to emergency medical services, including the impact of the model on beneficiary access and outcomes.
Cosponsors (20)
- Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
- Carol Miller (R-WV)
- Patrick Ryan (D-NY)
- Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
- Donald Davis (D-NC)
- Terri Sewell (D-AL)
- Brittany Pettersen (D-CO)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- Tracey Mann (R-KS)
- Melanie Stansbury (D-NM)
- Sam Graves (R-MO)
- Eleanor Norton (D-DC)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
- Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- Gabe Vasquez (D-NM)
- Mike Kelly (R-PA)
- Alma Adams (D-NC)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
- Jim Costa (D-CA)
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