EASE Act
U.S. Congress · S1248 ·
What the bill says
Introduced 2025-04-02. Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Summary (plain-language)
Ensuring Access to Specialty Care Everywhere Act or the EASE Act This bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a model that uses a network of providers to remotely furnish specialty health care to Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiaries in rural areas. To conduct the model, the CMMI must select at least one provider network that is a nonprofit entity and that consists of at least 50 federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, critical access hospitals, or rural emergency hospitals. At least half of the providers in the network must be located in rural areas. Providers must use digital methods (e.g., telehealth technology) to provide specialty care and must coordinate with beneficiaries' primary care providers.
Sponsors
- Markwayne Mullin (primary)
- Alex Padilla
- Thom Tillis
Text versions
- Introduced in Senate — 2025-04-02 — XML
What analysts say
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What politicians say
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Action History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-04-02 | Introduced in Senate |
| 2025-04-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Lobbying on this bill
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Honesty note: each filer below disclosed lobbying on this bill — that much the filing tells us. But the dollar figure is their total lobbying spend for the whole quarter across all their issues, not the amount spent on this bill, and the filing never says whether they supported or opposed it.
| Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Period | Reported quarterly amount | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIRONA STRATEGIES LLC | ALLIANCE FOR CONNECTED CARE | Q2 2026 | $200,000 | |
| SIRONA STRATEGIES LLC | ALLIANCE FOR CONNECTED CARE | Q2 2026 | $200,000 | |
| SIRONA STRATEGIES LLC | ALLIANCE FOR CONNECTED CARE | Q1 2026 | $200,000 | |
| SIRONA STRATEGIES LLC | ALLIANCE FOR CONNECTED CARE | Q1 2026 | $200,000 | |
| ASSOCIATION OF ART MUSEUM DIRECTORS | ASSOCIATION OF ART MUSEUM DIRECTORS | Q1 2026 | $20,000 |
Source: Senate LDA filings.