EASE Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Arrington
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create a new federal model to expand access to specialty health care through digital modalities for Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program enrollees in rural and underserved areas. It would test agreements with large nonprofit provider networks to deliver specialty services remotely while coordinating care with patients' primary care providers.
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- Rural and underserved beneficiaries: Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP enrollees located in designated rural or underserved areas would be able to receive specialty care via telehealth and other remote technologies, coordinated with their primary care provider.
- Provider networks: Selected networks must be nonprofit 501(c)(3) entities that include at least 50 Federally Qualified Health Centers, rural health clinics, critical access hospitals, or rural emergency hospitals, with at least half in rural areas. Networks must have multi-region experience and the ability to collect and share data for evaluation.
- Primary care providers: Local primary care clinicians would coordinate remote specialty services, increasing integration of specialty care into community-based care.
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Telehealth specialty care for rural Medicare and Medicaid
If enacted, some Medicare or Medicaid/CHIP enrollees in rural or underserved areas could get specialty care by telehealth. Care would be coordinated with your primary care provider. The Secretary would test this through nonprofit networks that include at least 50 clinics or small rural hospitals, with at least half in rural areas. Networks would need a track record serving rural and underserved communities and strong data-sharing tools. Any money used would have to follow funding rules in Public Law 117-328.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Arrington
TX • R
Cosponsors
Salinas
OR • D
Sponsored 4/1/2025
LaHood
IL • R
Sponsored 4/1/2025
Lee (NV)
NV • D
Sponsored 6/5/2025
Smith (NE)
NE • R
Sponsored 6/9/2025
Hoyle (OR)
OR • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Wittman
VA • R
Sponsored 6/23/2025
Valadao
CA • R
Sponsored 6/23/2025
Miller (WV)
WV • R
Sponsored 6/23/2025
Bacon
NE • R
Sponsored 6/23/2025
Ciscomani
AZ • R
Sponsored 6/23/2025
Mann
KS • R
Sponsored 6/30/2025
Nunn (IA)
IA • R
Sponsored 7/7/2025
Gottheimer
NJ • D
Sponsored 8/26/2025
Vindman
VA • D
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Harder (CA)
CA • D
Sponsored 10/14/2025
Davids (KS)
KS • D
Sponsored 11/7/2025
Davis (NC)
NC • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Roll Call Votes
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