Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2023
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A of the Medicare Program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furn… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A of the Medicare Program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as payments are provided for anesthesia services furnished by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists in such hospitals, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2023
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide Medicare payment on a reasonable-cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in a rural hospital. Specifically, the CMS shall provide payment for such services in the same manner as payment is provided under current law for services furnished in a rural hospital by a certified registered nurse anesthetist.
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- NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION
- CAROL G HOLLADAY & ASSOCIATES
- NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION
- CAROL G HOLLADAY & ASSOCIATES
- NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION
- CAROL G HOLLADAY & ASSOCIATES
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5256: Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5256/
"H.R. 5256: Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5256/.
H.R. 5256, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5256/.
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