Contact Congress about H.R. 3023: Preventing Hospital Overbilling of Medicare Act

Hospital-owned clinics away from the main campus would have to bill with their own ID numbers. The bill aims to stop higher hospital-style charges for care given at those off-campus sites. Most changes would start January 1, 2026, if the bill becomes law.

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Preventing Hospital Overbilling of Medicare Act is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded 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.

Latest action on H.R. 3023: 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.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects hospitals that own clinics, offices, or emergency departments away from the main campus. It also affects Medicare, Medicare Advantage plans, private insurers, and patients who get outpatient care at those sites. The most direct changes are about how bills get filed and whether higher hospital-style rates can be used.

Why this matters: Patients and health plans can pay more when a hospital-owned off-campus clinic bills like the main hospital. This bill tries to make those bills easier to track and harder to overcharge. It could lower Medicare or private insurance spending, but the bill does not state the final effect on patient costs or hospital budgets. Those results would depend on later rules and how insurers apply them.

Key provisions in H.R. 3023

• More hospital-owned sites away from the main campus would count as off-campus outpatient departments. That would tighten how Medicare pays them under its outpatient payment system.
• Off-campus emergency departments would lose a special payment exception for services on or after January 1, 2026. They would be treated more like other off-campus sites under site-neutral rules, which aim to pay similar rates for the same service.
• The Secretary of Health and Human Services could set Medicare payment methods that support site-neutral payments and reduce Medicare spending. The agency could also stop hospitals from billing off-campus care as if it happened at the main hospital.
• Each off-campus outpatient department would need its own unique health ID number by January 1, 2026. That number would be separate from the main hospital's ID.
• The Department of Health and Human Services would have to update federal rules. Each off-campus department would count as a hospital subpart, meaning a separately identified piece of the hospital, for ID and billing purposes.

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Questions people ask about H.R. 3023

What is H.R. 3023?

Hospital-owned clinics away from the main campus would have to bill with their own ID numbers. The bill aims to stop higher hospital-style charges for care given at those off-campus sites. Most changes would start January 1, 2026, if the bill becomes law.

How do I support or oppose H.R. 3023?

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Who should I contact about H.R. 3023?

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