Health Care Accountability Mission Act of 2026

This bill would allow the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services to fine certain Medicare hospitals up to $10,000 per day when they fail to meet Medicare requirements in a way that immediately puts patients' health or safety at risk. The fine would apply only if the Secretary had made a similar finding against the same hospital within the previous 2 years. The fine could be added to, or used instead of, other actions already allowed, such as ending the hospital's Medicare agreement. The rule would cover hospitals, critical access hospitals, and rural emergency hospitals, but not those that are nonprofit entities. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would have to post these findings on a central public website.

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Sponsors

• Chuck Edwards Republican sponsor
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