119th Congress · introduced in the House · May 23, 2025
Oversight of Medicare Billing Code Cost Act
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Latest action (May 23, 2025): 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.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (May 23, 2025)
Oversight of Medicare Billing Code Cost Act
This bill requires the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to report on the processes for adding, modifying, and removing billing codes under Medicare. The report must include recommendations for administrative and legislative changes that may improve the transparency and oversight of these processes.
In addition, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must annually publish on its website a list of billing codes that were added under Medicare during the previous year, as well as the associated volume and expenditures for such codes.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
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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.
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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS · lobbying firm or registrant: COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 15, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$203,130
Spent on own lobbying
…l Act Improving seniors' timely access to care act (S. 1816 / H.R. 3514) Genomic Data Protection Act Tariffs PAMA reform S 1399, the Health Tech Investment Act H.R. 3580, the Oversight of Medicare Billing Code Cost Act S. 1916 - Protect Genetic information after bankruptcy S 1830 - HHS has no authority to regulate the practice…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHARTERCARE HEALTH OF RI (FORRMERLY KNOWN AS CHARTERCARE HEALTH PARTNERS) · lobbying firm or registrant: CAPITOL CITY GROUP, LTD.
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · amended · posted Jul 23, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
issues relative to hospitals, healthcare and medicare; H.R.8216 Improving Medicare Services Act of 2026; H.R.3580 Oversight of Medicare Billing Code Cost Act; HR 8749 and S4358 SAFE through Medicare Act; S 729 Hospital Transparency Compliance Act; HR 1339 Safeguarding Soci…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS · lobbying firm or registrant: COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 15, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$180,107
Spent on own lobbying
…l Act Improving seniors' timely access to care act (S. 1816 / H.R. 3514) Genomic Data Protection Act Tariffs PAMA reform S 1399, the Health Tech Investment Act H.R. 3580, the Oversight of Medicare Billing Code Cost Act S. 1916 - Protect Genetic information after bankruptcy S 1830 - HHS has no authority to regulate the practice…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS · lobbying firm or registrant: COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted May 8, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$305,901
Spent on own lobbying
…l Act Improving seniors' timely access to care act (S. 1816 / H.R. 3514) Genomic Data Protection Act Tariffs PAMA reform S 1399, the Health Tech Investment Act H.R. 3580, the Oversight of Medicare Billing Code Cost Act S. 1916 - Protect Genetic information after bankruptcy S 1830 - HHS has no authority to regulate the practice…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS · lobbying firm or registrant: COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$154,425
Spent on own lobbying
…re act (S. 1816 / H.R. 3514) Genomic Data Protection Act Tariffs S. 998, Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act PAMA reform S 1399, the Health Tech Investment Act H.R. 3580, the Oversight of Medicare Billing Code Cost Act S. 1916 - Protect Genetic information after bankruptcy S 1830 - HHS has no authority to regulate the practice…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS · lobbying firm or registrant: COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 17, 2025 · issue area: Health Issues
$124,816
Spent on own lobbying
…r Patients and Communities Reauth Act HR 2484, Seniors access to Critical medications act Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act S 1399, the Health Tech Investment Act H.R. 3580, the Oversight of Medicare Billing Code Cost Act S 1830 - the Right to Treat Act S 1811 - Prohibits Graduate medical schools from receiving Federal assistance…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS · lobbying firm or registrant: COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Health Issues
$149,447
Spent on own lobbying
…r Patients and Communities Reauth Act HR 2484, Seniors access to Critical medications act Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act S 1399, the Health Tech Investment Act H.R. 3580, the Oversight of Medicare Billing Code Cost Act S 1830 - the Right to Treat Act S 1811 - Prohibits Graduate medical schools from receiving Federal assistance…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing