Contact Congress about H.R. 5737: ROOT Act

Doctors ordering some advanced imaging would still use guideline-checking software. The software would send more data to Medicare, and some small, rural, trial, and screening orders would be exempt.

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ROOT 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. 5737: 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 doctors who order advanced imaging, providers who perform the scans, and companies that run clinical decision support software. Small practices, some rural practices, and providers ordering named screening tests would feel it differently because the bill gives them exceptions. Medicare officials would get more direct data and would use it to track compliance.

Why this matters: This bill matters because it changes how Medicare watches the use of costly imaging tests. It could give Medicare clearer data on whether doctors use guideline-checking tools before ordering scans. It could also reduce paperwork for some small and rural practices and for common screening tests. The later effects are less certain because the bill only requires studies of tools like prior authorization and payment changes; it does not impose those tools now.

Key provisions in H.R. 5737

• Decision support software would take on more reporting work. It would send required data directly to the Secretary of Health and Human Services instead of relying mainly on the imaging provider’s claim.
• Starting January 1, 2026, imaging claims would need the ordering professional’s national provider identifier, or NPI. This applies when the ordering professional is different from the provider doing the scan.
• The Secretary would write the detailed rules for how ordering professionals must use the tool starting in 2026. The bill would replace fixed wording in the law with rules set by the Secretary.
• More orders would be exempt from the tool-use rule. The exceptions include clinical trials, small practices with 15 or fewer ordering professionals, rural practices in health professional shortage areas, and screening or preventive imaging such as mammograms and certain CT screenings.
• Each ordering professional would get a compliance rate. It is the percent of covered imaging orders where the required decision support tool was used, not counting exempt orders.

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What is H.R. 5737?

Doctors ordering some advanced imaging would still use guideline-checking software. The software would send more data to Medicare, and some small, rural, trial, and screening orders would be exempt.

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