HR 4002 · in committee · major
Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- This bill repeals restrictions on self-referrals by newly built or expanded physician-owned hospitals under Medicare rules.
- Physicians who own hospitals and Medicare patients seeking care at those facilities are affected.
- The change takes effect upon enactment with no specified appropriations or implementation timeline.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How might allowing physicians to self-refer patients to hospitals they own change competition and pricing in healthcare markets?
- 02
What safeguards could prevent conflicts of interest when doctor-owners profit directly from patient referrals to their facilities?
- 03
Which patients and communities might benefit or face higher costs if physician-owned hospitals expand without current Medicare restrictions?
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Sponsor · R-TX-24
Beth Van Duyne
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
12/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-06-12
Joining the bill
Andy Biggs
R-AZ-5 · original
Henry Cuellar
D-TX-28 · original
Neal P. Dunn
R-FL-2 · original
Richard McCormick
R-GA-7 · original
August Pfluger
R-TX-11 · original
Rudy Yakym III
R-IN-2 · original
Andy Harris
R-MD-1 · original
Kevin Hern
R-OK-1 · original
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
R-IA-1 · original
Bruce Westerman
R-AR-4
Brandon Gill
R-TX-26
Jeff Hurd
R-CO-3
Legislative timeline
2025-06-12 · 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.
2025-06-12 · 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.
2025-06-12 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-06-12 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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