Mobile Stroke Units Improve Health Outcomes Act of 2026

Steve Cohen

Democrat · TN · Representative

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• Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2)Original· 2026-10-19
• Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3)Original· 2026-10-19

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.

2026-10-19

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10844 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10844 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure equitable payments for items and services furnished by mobile stroke units under the Medicare program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 19, 2026 Mr. Cohen (for himself, Mrs. Beatty, and Mr. Garbarino) introduced the following bill; which was 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure equitable payments for items and services furnished by mobile stroke units under the Medicare program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Mobile Stroke Units Improve Health Outcomes Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. ENSURING EQUITABLE PAYMENTS FOR ITEMS AND SERVICES FURNISHED BY MOBILE STROKE UNITS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. (a) In General.--Section 1833(t) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(23) Payment for services furnished by mobile stroke units.-- ``(A) In general.--In the case of an item or service furnished on or after January 1, 2027, by a mobile stroke unit (as defined in subparagraph (C)) operated by a hospital for purposes of diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of symptoms of an acute stroke that would be considered a covered OPD service if such item or service were furnished by an outpatient department of a provider, such item or service shall be deemed to have been furnished by an outpatient department of provider located on the campus of such provider and payable under this subsection in lieu of any other payment for such item or service under this part (including any such payment under section 1834(l) or under any other payment basis under this part). ``(B) Payment increase for certain items and services.--In the case of an item or service described in subparagraph (A) that is furnished to an individual under an MSU rendezvous model, if such item or service is furnished in a rural area (or, in the case of such an item or service that is not furnished in a rural area, if such item or service is furnished to an individual where the transport of such individual by a provider or supplier of ambulance services originated in a rural area), the amount of payment for such item or service otherwise determined under this subsection shall be increased by 5 percent. ``(C) Definitions.--In this paragraph: ``(i) MSU rendezvous model.--The term `MSU rendezvous model' means a model of providing items or services described in subparagraph (A) under which a mobile stroke unit is dispatched to meet an individual being transported by a provider or supplier of ambulance services at a location between the location at which such transportation originated and the destination of such transportation in order to more quickly furnish such items and services. ``(ii) Mobile stroke unit.--The term `mobile stroke unit' has the meaning given such term for purposes of section 1834(m)(6). ``(iii) Rural area.--The term `rural area' has the meaning given such term in section 1886(d)(2)(D).''. (b) Exclusion From Inpatient Operating Costs.--Section 1886(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(a)(4)) is amended by inserting ``services, items and services…

described in section 1833(t)(23)(A),'' after ``ambulance''. <all>

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