119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Sep 11, 2025
Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act of 2025
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Sep 11, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Health
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
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23 citations.
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$3,010,000
Spent on own lobbying
…n requirements S. 2556 - Protecting Healthcare and Lowering Costs Act - Sen. Schumer, Charles - repeal of Medicaid provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act S. 2793 - Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act - Sen. Cassidy, Bill - Essential community provider coverage requirements for MA S. 3642 - WALZ Act - Sen. Marshal…
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
BETTER MEDICARE ALLIANCE, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: BETTER MEDICARE ALLIANCE, INC.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$290,000
Spent on own lobbying
…nsparency for supplemental benefits under Medicare Advantage--An Act to increase data transparency around Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits for seniors. S. 2793--Require Medicare Advantage plans to cover items and services furnished by certain essential community providers within a service area--An act to add an Essent…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. 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
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$1,790,000
Spent on own lobbying
…caid programs can cover specialized treatment regardless of where the child lives and where their care is received. Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act, S.2793. Bill would require Medicare Advantage plans to cover items and services furnished by certain essential community providers. Reforming and Enhancing Sustainabl…
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
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$3,010,000
Spent on own lobbying
…n requirements S. 2556 - Protecting Healthcare and Lowering Costs Act - Sen. Schumer, Charles - repeal of Medicaid provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act S. 2793 - Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act - Sen. Cassidy, Bill - Essential community provider coverage requirements for MA S. 3642 - WALZ Act - Sen. Marshal…
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
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$4,470,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ge Prompt Pay Act, all provisions; H.R. 6240, Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2025, all provisions; DRAFT, Rural Teaching Hospital Relief, all provisions; S. 2793, Ensuring Access to Essential Providers, all provisions; H.R. 8375/ S. 4384, Medicare Advantage Improvement Act, all provisions; H.R. 8967 / S. 4460, Rural Com…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. 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
BETTER MEDICARE ALLIANCE, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: BETTER MEDICARE ALLIANCE, INC.
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$410,000
Spent on own lobbying
…nsparency for supplemental benefits under Medicare Advantage--An Act to increase data transparency around Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits for seniors. S. 2793--Require Medicare Advantage plans to cover items and services furnished by certain essential community providers within a service area--An act to add an Essent…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. 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
ASSOCIATION OF CANCER CARE CENTERS (FKA ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS) · lobbying firm or registrant: ASSOCIATION OF CANCER CARE CENTERS (FKA ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS)
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ed to coverage (including renewal of ACA subsidies and mitigating impact of Medicaid changes in OBBBA); 12) Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act of 2025 (S. 2793); 13) Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act (S. 3607/H.R. 6280); 14) Request to Designate April as Cancer Prevention and Early Detection month; 15) Moderniz…
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
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC.
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$1,240,000
Spent on own lobbying
…caid programs can cover specialized treatment regardless of where the child lives and where their care is received. Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act, S.2793. Bill would require Medicare Advantage plans to cover items and services furnished by certain essential community providers. Reforming and Enhancing Sustainabl…
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
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$5,320,000
Spent on own lobbying
…n requirements S. 2556 - Protecting Healthcare and Lowering Costs Act - Sen. Schumer, Charles - repeal of Medicaid provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act S. 2793 - Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act - Sen. Cassidy, Bill - Essential community provider coverage requirements for MA S. 3642 - WALZ Act - Sen. Marshal…
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
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$6,080,000
Spent on own lobbying
…e MATTERS Act, all provisions; H.R. 5454/S. 2879, the Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act, all provisions; DRAFT, Rural Teaching Hospital Relief, all provisions; S. 2793, Ensuring Access to Essential Providers, all provisions; H.R. 10136, Promoting Fairness for Medicare Providers Act, all provisions; H.R. 7409, Defend Rural Hea…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. 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
BETTER MEDICARE ALLIANCE, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: BETTER MEDICARE ALLIANCE, INC.
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$680,000
Spent on own lobbying
…nsparency for supplemental benefits under Medicare Advantage--An Act to increase data transparency around Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits for seniors. S. 2793--Require Medicare Advantage plans to cover items and services furnished by certain essential community providers within a service area--An act to add an Essent…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. 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
ASSOCIATION OF CANCER CARE CENTERS (FKA ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS) · lobbying firm or registrant: ASSOCIATION OF CANCER CARE CENTERS (FKA ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS)
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…te access to coverage (including renew ACA subsidies and mitigate impact of Medicaid changes in OBBBA); 13) Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act of 2025 (S. 2793); 14) Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act (S. 3607/H.R. 6280); 15) Request to Designate April as Cancer Prevention and Early Detection month; 16) Moderniz…
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
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC.
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$2,300,000
Spent on own lobbying
…caid programs can cover specialized treatment regardless of where the child lives and where their care is received. Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act, S.2793. Bill would require Medicare Advantage plans to cover items and services furnished by certain essential community providers. Reforming and Enhancing Sustainabl…
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
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 21, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$4,120,000
Spent on own lobbying
…n requirements S. 2556 - Protecting Healthcare and Lowering Costs Act - Sen. Schumer, Charles - repeal of Medicaid provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act S. 2793 - Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act - Sen. Cassidy, Bill - Essential community provider coverage requirements for MA Issues related to mental health a…
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
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$6,570,000
Spent on own lobbying
…rovisions; H.R. 4619, Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act, all provisions; H.R. 5454/S. 2879, the Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act, all provisions; S. S. 2793, Ensuring Access to Essential Providers, all provisions; H.R. 6240, Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2025, all provisions; DRAFT, Issues related to prior-a…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. 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
BETTER MEDICARE ALLIANCE, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: BETTER MEDICARE ALLIANCE, INC.
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$540,000
Spent on own lobbying
…nsparency for supplemental benefits under Medicare Advantage--An Act to increase data transparency around Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits for seniors. S. 2793--Require Medicare Advantage plans to cover items and services furnished by certain essential community providers within a service area--An act to add an Essent…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. 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
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC.
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$2,380,000
Spent on own lobbying
…caid programs can cover specialized treatment regardless of where the child lives and where their care is received. Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act, S.2793. Bill would require Medicare Advantage plans to cover items and services furnished by certain essential community providers. Reforming and Enhancing Sustainabl…
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
ASSOCIATION OF CANCER CARE CENTERS (FKA ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS) · lobbying firm or registrant: ASSOCIATION OF CANCER CARE CENTERS (FKA ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS)
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 19, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…intain and promote access to coverage (ACA subsidies and mitigate impact of Medicaid changes in OBBBA); and Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act of 2025 (S.2793).
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
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$4,230,000
Spent on own lobbying
…eligibility for children in Medicaid/CHIP S. 2497 - Fair Billing Act - Sen. Hassan, Maggie - Medicare site-neutral transparency and identification requirements S. 2793 - Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act - Sen. Cassidy, Bill - Essential community provider coverage requirements for MA Issues related to mental health a…
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
BETTER MEDICARE ALLIANCE, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: BETTER MEDICARE ALLIANCE, INC.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$500,000
Spent on own lobbying
…nsparency for supplemental benefits under Medicare Advantage--An Act to increase data transparency around Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits for seniors. S. 2793--Require Medicare Advantage plans to cover items and services furnished by certain essential community providers within a service area--An act to add an Essent…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. 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
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$5,720,000
Spent on own lobbying
…; H.R. 5120, Hospitals As Naloxone Distribution Sites (HANDS) Act, all provisions; H.R. 5454/S. 2879, The Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act, all provisions; S. S. 2793, Ensuring Access to Essential Providers, all provisions; H.R. 4470, The Removing Burdens from Organ Donations Act, all provisions; DRAFT, Issues pertaining to…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. 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
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$2,130,000
Spent on own lobbying
…caid programs can cover specialized treatment regardless of where the child lives and where their care is received. Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act, S.2793. Bill would require Medicare Advantage plans to cover items and services furnished by certain essential community providers.
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
ASSOCIATION OF CANCER CARE CENTERS (FKA ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS) · lobbying firm or registrant: ASSOCIATION OF CANCER CARE CENTERS (FKA ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS)
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 17, 2025 · issue area: Health Issues
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…Part B; 7) Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act (H.R.842/S.339); and 8) Extension of Medicare reimbursement for telehealth services; 8) S.2793, Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act of 2025; 9) HR.3521, Clinical Trials Modernization Act; 10) HR.2120/S.1031, The Radiation Oncology Case Rate Value…
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