Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model".
Summary
What This Bill Does
H.J.Res.187 is a Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution. It targets the CMS rule relating to Medicare WISeR prior authorization model for select services and provides that the rule shall have no force or effect. The targeted CMS model would implement prior authorization for selected services under the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction model. The practical result is not a new replacement rule; it is a congressional veto of the agency action, which can also restrict the agency from issuing a substantially similar rule without new statutory authority.
Who Benefits and How
Medicare providers subject to WISeR review benefit because disapproval would remove or prevent the regulatory obligations created by the rule. Members of Congress opposing the rule benefit because the CRA provides a direct vehicle to nullify the agency action. Regulated parties benefit from clearer congressional opposition to the rule and less near-term implementation risk. Medicare beneficiaries seeking selected services benefit if disapproval prevents prior authorization delays or denials under the model.
Who Bears the Burden and How
CMS rulemaking staff must respond to congressional disapproval and may be constrained from issuing a substantially similar rule. CMS model staff bear the burden if protections, standards, or program changes in the rule are blocked. Congressional oversight committees must handle the policy consequences of removing the rule without passing a replacement. Medicare program integrity offices may lose a tool aimed at reducing wasteful or inappropriate services.
Key Provisions
- Provides congressional disapproval of the CMS rule relating to Medicare WISeR prior authorization model for select services.
- Blocks the rule by declaring that it shall have no force or effect.
- Uses the Congressional Review Act rather than ordinary notice-and-comment rulemaking.
- Restricts the agency's ability to issue a substantially similar rule unless Congress authorizes it.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove the CMS rule relating to Medicare WISeR prior authorization model for select services, causing that rule to have no force or effect.
Key Policy Areas
Administrative Law, Congressional Review Act
Primary Purpose
Uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove the CMS rule relating to Medicare WISeR prior authorization model for select services, causing that rule to have no force or effect.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Medicare providers subject to WISeR review
- Members of Congress opposing the rule
- Regulated parties
- Congressional oversight committees
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- CMS rulemaking staff
- CMS model staff
- Congressional oversight committees
- Program administrators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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CMS WISeR model staff, Medicare program integrity offices
Medicare beneficiaries seeking selected services
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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