Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act
Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the coinsurance amount for certain services furnished in an ambulatory surgical center.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act
This bill limits the amount of coinsurance that may be assessed under Medicare for services performed in ambulatory surgical centers.
Specifically, if the applicable coinsurance amount exceeds the inpatient hospital deductible, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must reduce the coinsurance amount so that it is equal to the amount of the deductible and pay the difference to the service provider.
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- JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC.
- THE MCMANUS GROUP
- THE MCMANUS GROUP
- AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC.
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Treasury, Dept of
- U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1776: Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1776/
"S. 1776: Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1776/.
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