Medicare Home Health Payment Integrity and Protection Act of 2026
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Aug 5, 2026
What it does
The Medicare Home Health Payment Integrity and Protection Act of 2026 aims to reduce fraud in Medicare home health services by strengthening enrollment screening, increasing oversight, and improving data integrity. It would require enhanced screening for agencies deemed at extreme risk of fraud—including fingerprinting of administrators and proof of liability insurance—mandate more frequent surveys for newly enrolled, ownership-changed, or reactivated agencies, and impose payment adjustments on agencies that fail to submit quality data. The bill also sets new training and survey standards for accreditation organizations and allocates funding for program integrity, enforcement, and state…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.