HR 9703 119th Congress House Health

Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2026

Introduced: July 15, 2026 Introduced by: Dingell, Debbie Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov

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Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2026

This bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a model under which blood transfusions furnished to an individual receiving hospice care are paid separately from the hospice all-inclusive per diem payment under Medicare. The CMMI must evaluate the model by comparing patients participating in the model with those outside of the model in relation to specified metrics, such as hospital utilization and days of hospice care before the end of life.

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9703: Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9703/

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"H.R. 9703: Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9703/.

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