Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act of 2025

Medicare caregiver phone access help

If enacted, the bill would require HHS to run outreach and education for people entitled to Medicare Part A, enrolled in Part B (including Medicare Advantage enrollees), and applicants about an option to let a family caregiver access the person’s health information by phone through the toll-free 1-800-MEDICARE number. The option would require the enrollee to complete and submit the CMS-10106 family caregiver authorization form (or any successor). Outreach would include fraud-protection best practices, how to report suspected Medicare fraud, posting the authorization form on Medicare.gov and in required notices, and training 1-800-MEDICARE operators. HHS would coordinate with State Health Insurance Assistance Programs and the Administration for Community Living, provide materials in non-English languages, and the HHS OIG would publish best practices within one year.