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Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025
To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing the WISeR model under the Medicare program.
Summary
The bill prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing the WISeR Model (Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction) under the Medicare program, which is a proposed innovative payment and service delivery model involving prior authorization requirements for select services. The bill also prevents implementation of any substantially similar model. The prohibition applies to the model as described in a Federal Register notice published on July 1, 2025.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA)
19 cosponsors
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI)
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE)
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] (D-WA)
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY)
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA)
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA)
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR)
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT)
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH)
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA)
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR)
Actions (2)
- Dec 15, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
- Dec 15, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 15, 2025
Mrs. Murray (for herself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Warren, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Smith, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Welch, Mr. Kim, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Gallego) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing the WISeR model 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 “Seniors Deserve Streamlined Medical Approvals for Timely, Efficient Recovery Care Act of 2025” or the “Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WISER MODEL UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not implement the innovative payment and service delivery model described in the notice titled “Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model” (90 Fed. Reg. 28749 (July 1, 2025)), or any substantially similar model. <all>
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