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H.R. 2120119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Mar 14, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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Medicare would pay radiation therapy clinics a single fixed amount per cancer patient per treatment, instead of billing for each service separately.
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This bill replaces Medicare's current per-service payments for radiation therapy with one bundled payment covering a full course of treatment for 15 cancer types, including breast, lung, and prostate cancer. Payment rates would be the same whether treatment happens at a hospital or a private clinic. The bill also adds a small extra payment to help patients with transportation needs get to their appointments, and requires clinics to meet accreditation standards to receive full payment.
Medicare patients receiving radiation therapy for cancer are directly affected, as are the doctors, clinics, and hospital outpatient departments that provide that treatment.
Clinics that do not meet accreditation standards would receive a reduced payment. Any savings from this payment change would not be used to reduce Medicare payments in other areas.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred 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.