Medicare would test paying separately for blood transfusions for hospice patients.
Medicare would test a new way to pay for blood transfusions for people in hospice care. Currently, these transfusions are part of one daily payment. This bill would require Medicare to try paying for them separately, aiming to improve patient access to this care.
Currently, Medicare pays hospice providers a single daily rate that includes all services, like blood transfusions. This means transfusions are not paid for separately. If this bill becomes law, Medicare would be required to test a new system where blood transfusions for hospice patients are paid for separately. The payment amount would be the same as if the patient was not in hospice care.
HR 9703 · 119th Congress · July 15, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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