Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act of 2025

Medicare caregiver access and outreach

If enacted, the bill would require HHS to inform people with Medicare Part A or Part B about a new caregiver access option. You would be able to authorize a family caregiver to get your Medicare personal health information by phone at 1-800-MEDICARE. A caregiver would be able to use that number only if you submit the CMS-10106 family caregiver authorization form. HHS would run outreach to beneficiaries, providers, and caregivers; put the form on Medicare.gov and in notices (including Medicare Advantage outreach); train 1-800-MEDICARE operators; offer materials in non-English languages; and coordinate with State health insurance assistance programs. Outreach would explain how to report suspected Medicare fraud and promote fraud-protection best practices. The HHS Office of Inspector General would have to publish fraud-protection best practices and recommendations no later than one year after enactment, and HHS would collect caregiver feedback.