To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the policy for coverage under the Medicare program for palliative dialysis services, and clarify separate payment for such palliative dialysis services, furnished by renal dialysis facilities and providers of services to certain individuals electing hospice care, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · April 20, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
The Concurrent Care for Comfort Act clarifies Medicare's coverage and payment for palliative dialysis services provided to individuals with end-stage renal disease who elect hospice care. Currently, Medicare rules create confusion about whether patients can receive comfort-focused dialysis alongside hospice services. This bill allows Medicare to cover and separately pay for palliative dialysis services furnished by dialysis facilities or providers, up to a maximum of ten sessions per patient, while the patient is receiving hospice care. The Secretary of Health and Human Services must establish a payment methodology by 2026 that considers the cost of providing these palliative services and may adjust the ten-session limit starting in 2029 based on data and stakeholder feedback. Standard Medicare cost-sharing rules, such as deductibles and coinsurance, will apply to these palliative dialysis services.
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