# 119-hr-3580: Oversight of Medicare Billing Code Cost Act

119-hr-3580, Oversight of Medicare Billing Code Cost Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] (R-AZ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3580
- Congress: 119
- Title: Oversight of Medicare Billing Code Cost Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Transparency and oversight of Medicare billing code changes.** This bill would require the HHS Office of Inspector General to study how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services adds, modifies, and removes Medicare billing codes and to recommend administrative or legislative changes. It would also require CMS to publish each year a list of billing codes added in the prior year along with the associated volume and expenditures. - Families and researchers: would gain public data on new Medicare billing codes and the spending tied to them, making it easier to track cost and outcome trends. - Providers and specialties: the Inspector General study would analyze trends in codes added, modified, removed, or revalued and identify areas with the highest growth. - Congress and policymakers: the HHS Office of Inspector General would submit a report with findings and recommendations within 12 months, and CMS would publish annual lists beginning in 2025.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] (R-PA), 2025-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] (R-TN), 2025-05-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Public reports and oversight of Medicare billing codes: benefit, medium. If enacted, the HHS Inspector General would study how CMS adds, changes, and removes Medicare billing codes. The Inspector General would send Congress a report with findings and recommendations within 12 months after enactment. Starting in 2025, HHS would publish by June 1 each year a CMS report li…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-3580 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3580)

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- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3580 (as of 2025-12-21).