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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand certain remote monitoring services furnished by physicians to individuals with end stage renal disease under the Medicare program.
Summary
The KIDNEY Remote Monitoring Act amends Medicare law to expand coverage for remote monitoring services provided by physicians to individuals with end-stage renal disease who receive home dialysis. The bill establishes that Medicare will pay for these remote physiologic monitoring services beginning January 1, 2028, using the payment rates specified in existing Medicare payment rules. Remote monitoring services allow physicians to monitor patients' health status from a distance rather than requiring in-person visits.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Yakym, Rudy [R-IN-2] (R-IN)
5 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Rudy Yakym’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $48,900
- JAYCO $19,800
- DARYLE DODEN PERSONAL FINANCES $19,800
- KPS CAPITAL PARTNERS LP $13,200
- BRINKLEY RV $13,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Rudy Yakym → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Apr 16, 2026 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. · house
- Apr 16, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 16, 2026
Mr. Yakym (for himself, Mr. Schneider, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, and Mrs. Dingell) introduced the following bill; which was 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
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand certain remote monitoring services furnished by physicians to individuals with end stage renal disease under the Medicare program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Keeping Individuals with Dialysis Needs Equipped through Year-round Remote Monitoring Act” or the “KIDNEY Remote Monitoring Act”.
SEC. 2. EXPANDING CERTAIN REMOTE MONITORING SERVICES FURNISHED BY PHYSICIANS TO INDIVIDUALS WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE.
Section 1881(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395rr(b)(3)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking “subparagraph
(B)” and inserting “subparagraphs (B) and (C)”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), payment for remote physiologic monitoring services furnished by a physician on or after January 1, 2028, to an individual determined to have end stage renal disease receiving home dialysis shall be made on the basis described in section 1848.”. <all>
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