Contact Congress about H.R. 6894: Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025

Medicare patients could get heart and lung rehab ordered and overseen by more types of clinicians. The change could help patients start care sooner, especially where doctors are hard to find.

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Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025 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. 6894: 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 Medicare patients who need rehab after heart or lung problems. It also affects clinics that provide those programs and the licensed clinicians who work there. The change could matter most in rural or underserved areas, where patients may have fewer doctors nearby.

Why this matters: Patients can lose time waiting for rehab when too few doctors can order or oversee it. This bill could make access easier by letting more licensed clinicians handle those roles under Medicare. It may help clinics keep programs running and help patients begin care after a heart or lung event. The bill could also affect Medicare spending, but the size of that effect is not stated.

Key provisions in H.R. 6894

• Medicare would let physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists order cardiac and pulmonary rehab.
• These same clinicians could supervise cardiac rehab programs. Doctors would no longer be the only ones allowed to do that under Medicare.
• The bill changes "a physician's office" to "the office setting." That could let more kinds of outpatient offices qualify.
• The bill updates the Social Security Act, the main law that sets Medicare rules. The updated parts define cardiac and pulmonary rehab services.
• The new rules would apply to Medicare-covered services starting 6 months after the bill becomes law.

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Medicare patients could get heart and lung rehab ordered and overseen by more types of clinicians. The change could help patients start care sooner, especially where doctors are hard to find.

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