Inside the Medicare Advantage Reform Act

Inside the Medicare Advantage Reform Act 
Hospice News; by Jim Parker; 5/28/25 
A bill currently before Congress seeks to overhaul aspects of the Medicare Advantage program. Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) recently introduced the Medicare Advantage Reform Act. If enacted, the bill, numbered H.R. 3467, would make wholesale changes to the Medicare Advantage (MA). A key provision of the bill is a proposed requirement that MA plans pay for hospice care. Hospice is currently “carved out” of Medicare Advantage. The potential impacts of moving hospice into MA at this time would be “devastating,” according to the National Alliance for Care at Home. ... [Other] changes to MA included in the text could have serious implications for hospices and other providers that also offer home health, palliative care or other services. ...