Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act
This bill amends Medicare rules to allow nurse practitioners and physician assistants to document medical necessity for diabetic shoes, a requirement currently limited to physicians. It directly affects Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes who need these shoes and expands the pool of providers (nurse practitioners and physician assistants) who can fulfill the documentation requirement. The key change inserts "nurse practitioner, or physician assistant" into Medicare's documentation standards for diabetic shoe coverage. This simplifies access for patients by enabling more healthcare providers to support coverage approval without requiring a physician's signature. The bill does not change coverage eligibility or costs, only the documentation process.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 1, 2023
Last action Dec 17, 2024
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Total actions
5
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Committee
3
Dec 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Feb 10, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Feb 1, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
lower
Feb 1, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 47 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Earl Blumenauer
DDemocratic
Co
Andrea Salinas
DDemocratic
Co
Ann M. Kuster
DDemocratic
Co
Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
RRepublican
Co
Becca Balint
DDemocratic
Co
Ben Cline
RRepublican
Co
Bennie G. Thompson
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Foster
DDemocratic
Co
Bradley Scott Schneider
DDemocratic
Co
Brendan F. Boyle
DDemocratic
Co
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
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