S. 1168 119th Congress Senate

Portable Ultrasound Reimbursement Equity Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of portable ultrasound transportation and set up services under the Medicare program.

Introduced: March 27, 2025 Introduced by: John Cornyn Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

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Mar 27, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mar 27, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Portable Ultrasound Reimbursement Equity Act of 2025

This bill provides for Medicare coverage of ultrasound tests performed at a beneficiary's home. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must provide for separate payments for portable ultrasound services in the same manner and to the same extent as for portable X-ray services.

Related & companion bills 1

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

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Lobbying activity 17

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

WHITMER & WORRALL, LLC
for TRIDENTCARE · Maryland · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
SIMS STRATEGIES, LLC
for ADVION (FORMERLY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE SUPPORT OF LONG TERM CARE) · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
ADVION (FORMERLY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE SUPPORT OF LONG TERM CARE)
for ADVION (FORMERLY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE SUPPORT OF LONG TERM CARE) · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
WHITMER & WORRALL, LLC
for TRIDENTCARE · Maryland · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
SIMS STRATEGIES, LLC
for ADVION (FORMERLY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE SUPPORT OF LONG TERM CARE) · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC
for SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
17 filings
SENATE
17 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
3 filings
Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)
2 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
2 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
2 filings

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Cosponsors 2

Boozman, John

Arkansas · May 20, 2025

Hassan, Margaret Wood

New Hampshire · Mar 27, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1168: Portable Ultrasound Reimbursement Equity Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1168/

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"S. 1168: Portable Ultrasound Reimbursement Equity Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1168/.

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S. 1168, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1168/.

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