HR 2172 · in committee · significant
Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act
- healthcare
What this bill does
- This bill expands Medicare coverage for home infusion therapy to include pharmacy services and drugs administered without a pump.
- Medicare beneficiaries receiving home infusion therapy and healthcare providers administering it are affected.
- The bill allows nurses and physician assistants to establish care plans and permits payment even when practitioners aren't physically present during drug administration.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might allowing remote care plan establishment by nurses and physician assistants affect patient safety compared to in-person oversight during drug administration?
- 02
What cost differences exist between home infusion therapy with pump-based drugs versus pharmacy services without pumps, and how would Medicare spending change?
- 03
Which patient populations would benefit most from expanded home infusion coverage, and are there groups who might face access challenges under this model?
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Sponsor · R-FL-16
Vern Buchanan
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
27/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-03-18
Joining the bill
Debbie Dingell
D-MI-6 · original
Diana Harshbarger
R-TN-1 · original
Terri A. Sewell
D-AL-7 · original
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
R-IA-1
W. Gregory Steube
R-FL-17
Suzan K. DelBene
D-WA-1
Dan Crenshaw
R-TX-2
Frank J. Mrvan
D-IN-1
Claudia Tenney
R-NY-24
Raul Ruiz
D-CA-25
Carol D. Miller
R-WV-1
Jason Crow
D-CO-6
+ 15 more
Legislative timeline
2025-03-18 · house · IntroReferral
Referred 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.
2025-03-18 · house · IntroReferral
Referred 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.
2025-03-18 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-03-18 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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