To direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to clarify that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics and are not subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion under the Medicare program.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to clarify that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics and are not subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion under the Medicare program., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Foreign Policy, Immigration.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HA9C00E8AA49347908B0E1736523F539B: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act.
- Section HDD3BA73D2938407AB398427FF594A161: 2. Active middle ear implant coverage Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to clarify that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics and are not subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion under the Medicare program., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Foreign Policy, Immigration
Primary Purpose
This bill, To direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to clarify that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics and are not subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion under the Medicare program., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- health care providers and patients
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMrs. Fischbach (for herself, Ms. Craig, Mr. Emmer, Ms. McCollum, …
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
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