The Health Accelerating Consumer's Care by Expediting Self-Scheduling Act (Health ACCESS Act) amends federal healthcare law to allow online scheduling platforms and similar information services to accept payments from healthcare providers without violating anti-kickback rules. Under current law, such payments are heavily restricted to prevent conflicts of interest. This bill creates a new exception for payments to these platforms as long as they meet strict requirements: they cannot steer patients toward particular providers based on payment, must disclose financial relationships to consumers, cannot market specific providers to patients who haven't used the service before, and must base provider information on objective, consumer-focused criteria. The bill applies to Medicare and Medicaid providers and suppliers. No specific funding or implementation timeline is included in the legislation, which was introduced in March 2025 by Senators Bill Cassidy and Alex Padilla and referred to the Senate Finance Committee.
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