HR7546119th CongressWALLET

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for wigs as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Sponsored By: Representative McGovern

Introduced

Summary

Medicare coverage for cranial prostheses (wigs) as durable medical equipment. This bill would expand Medicare to cover cranial prostheses only when a dermatologist, oncologist, or the attending physician provides a written certification that the prosthesis is medically necessary for a proposed course of rehabilitative treatment or for hair loss caused by a health condition, including autoimmune diseases, cancer, or chemotherapy.

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  • People on Medicare who lose hair because of illness or treatment could get cranial prostheses covered when a qualifying physician signs a written medical-necessity certification.
  • Dermatologists, oncologists, and attending physicians would be the required certifying clinicians and must document medical necessity in writing as part of proposed rehabilitation.
  • The bill adds cranial prostheses to the Medicare definition of durable medical equipment and sets how uncertified cranial prostheses are treated under the amended rules.

Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Medicare would cover medical wigs

If enacted, Medicare would cover cranial prostheses (wigs) as durable medical equipment. You would be eligible only if a dermatologist, oncologist, or your attending physician certifies in writing that the wig is medically necessary. The certification must state it is part of a proposed course of rehabilitative treatment or to treat hair loss from a health condition, including autoimmune disease, cancer, or chemotherapy. The bill also adds a rule to address cranial prostheses that are not certified in this way under the amended framework.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

McGovern

MA • D

Cosponsors

  • Pressley

    MA • D

    Sponsored 2/12/2026

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