H.R. 772 · 119th Congress · Health
Rural ER Access Act
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025 Done
- CommitteeReferred to 2 committees Current stage
- House floorNot yet Not reached yet
- Senate floorNot yet Not reached yet
- Chambers agreeNot yet Not reached yet
- PresidentNot yet Not reached yet
What it does
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to repeal regulations that require off-campus facilities to be located within 35 miles of the main hospital or critical access hospital in order to receive provider-based status under Medicare (i.e., to be considered as hospital outpatient departments for purposes of Medicare payment).
Congressional Research Service · summary of “Introduced in House” version · Jan 28, 2025
Who lobbies on it
1 organization · 7 filings · Q1 2025–Q3 2026One square per quarter since introduction, oldest left. Filled = named it that quarter.
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American College of Emergency Physicians
7 of 7 quarters
“Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act…”
Organizations that named H.R. 772 in a quarterly lobbying report. Covers organizations with a PAC on file; reports from organizations without one aren’t loaded yet. Spend is the organization’s total across all issues: reports don’t split spending by bill. Source: Senate lobbying disclosures (LD-2) from lda.gov; quotes are word for word from the “specific lobbying issues” field.
Actions
2 actions · newest first- Jan 28, 2025Referred 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.
- Jan 28, 2025Introduced in House