Medicare tests paying for blood transfers in hospice care separately.
H.R. 9703 — Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2026 · Filed by Debbie Dingell (D-MI) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 15, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells Medicare to run a test. Right now, hospice gets one flat payment per day. That payment covers all care. The test would let hospice bill Medicare for blood transfers on their own. Medicare must start the test within one year. The test must track how often blood transfers happen. It must track how many patients go to hospitals. It must track how end-of-life care changes.
Who it affects
Hospice patients may get more blood transfers if groups offer them more often. Hospice groups could earn more money. They would bill for blood transfers on their own. Taxpayers pay for Medicare.
One thing to notice
The bill asks Medicare to count how many blood transfers happen. It does not require Medicare to measure if blood transfers help patients feel better or live longer.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jul 15, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 15, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- hospice — Care for people near the end of life that focuses on comfort, not cure.
- blood transfers — A medical procedure that puts blood from a donor into a patient's body.
- flat payment — The same amount of money paid each day, no matter what care is given.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 19, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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