Seniors Deserve Streamlined Medical Approvals for Timely, Efficient Recovery Care Act of 2025

S. 3480 · 119th Congress · Dec 15, 2025 · Lineage

A BILL

To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing the WISeR model under the Medicare program.

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.

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Dec 15, 2025viewing Introduced in Senate 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. Luján, 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

Seniors Deserve Streamlined Medical Approvals for Timely, Efficient Recovery Care Act of 2025

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Prohibiting implementation of the WISeR model under the Medicare program

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