Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Patient-Centered Care Act
This bill prohibits Medicare from paying for certain custom-fitted or custom-fabricated orthotic and prosthetic devices delivered via "drop shipment" (direct shipping without in-person training from a qualified provider). It directly affects Medicare beneficiaries who need these devices, ensuring they receive necessary in-person fitting and training. The bill also expands which healthcare professionals (including physical therapists, occupational therapists, orthotists, and prosthetists) can prescribe these devices and updates definitions to clarify terms like "orthoses" and "prostheses." Final regulations implementing these changes must be issued within one year of the bill's enactment.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 23, 2023
Last action Dec 17, 2024
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Committee
3
Dec 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jun 29, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jun 23, 2023
Committee
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.
lower
Jun 23, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 44 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Glenn Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Adrian Smith
RRepublican
Co
Angie Craig
DDemocratic
Co
Ann M. Kuster
DDemocratic
Co
August Pfluger
RRepublican
Co
Bill Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Brett Guthrie
RRepublican
Co
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
Co
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Pappas
DDemocratic
Co
Daniel Meuser
RRepublican
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