RURAL Rate Act

This bill changes how Medicare pays doctors and other practitioners for services in one state covered by an existing section of the Social Security Act; that section currently applies to Alaska. Medicare adjusts payments by location using geographic index values for practice costs and for physician work. Existing law sets a minimum, or floor, for these index values in that state. Starting January 1, 2026, the bill would end the current floor and require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to raise either index to 1.67 if it would otherwise be below 1.67.

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Sponsors

• Dan Sullivan Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors