# 119-hr-10844: Mobile Stroke Units Improve Health Outcomes Act of 2026

119-hr-10844, Mobile Stroke Units Improve Health Outcomes Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-23).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10844
- Congress: 119
- Title: Mobile Stroke Units Improve Health Outcomes Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-10-19
- Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-23

## Summary

**Creates a Medicare outpatient payment pathway for hospital-run Mobile Stroke Units.** It would treat MSU diagnostic, evaluation, and treatment services for acute stroke as if they were furnished by the hospital's on-campus outpatient department and pay them under the outpatient prospective payment system. - Hospitals operating MSUs would be paid under the outpatient prospective payment system for qualifying MSU stroke services, with the payment pathway applying to services furnished on or after January 1, 2027. - Rural communities and ambulance services would get a targeted incentive: MSU rendezvous deployments receive a 5 percent payment increase when the service is furnished in a rural area or when the ambulance transport began in a rural area. - Medicare implementation and hospital accounting are clarified by tying MSU and rural definitions to existing Medicare sections and excluding MSU-related items and services from inpatient operating cost calculations.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY), 2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Medicare payments for mobile stroke units: mixed, low. If enacted, Medicare would treat certain services from hospital-run mobile stroke units as hospital outpatient services. It would start for services furnished on or after January 1, 2027. The services must be for diagnosing, evaluating, or treating acute stroke. Medicare payments for those services…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-10844 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10844)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2086)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10844 (as of 2026-10-23).