Concurrent Care for Comfort Act

This bill would change Medicare so that people with end-stage kidney disease who choose hospice care can still receive dialysis for comfort (palliative dialysis) if they were already on dialysis when they chose hospice. Dialysis facilities and providers would bill Medicare for these services separately from the hospice payment. Starting in 2026, the Secretary of Health and Human Services would set payment amounts through rulemaking. Medicare would pay for no more than ten palliative dialysis sessions per person, though the Secretary must review this limit for 2029 and may change it in later years. The usual Medicare deductibles and coinsurance for dialysis would apply.

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Sponsors

• Mike Kelly Republican sponsor
• 2 cosponsors