Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025

This bill would undo parts of the Affordable Care Act that limited when doctors could refer their Medicare patients to hospitals they own. It restores the older rules, letting new or expanding physician‑owned hospitals take Medicare patients referred by their owner‑physicians, as if the ACA limits had never been passed .

Key points:

• Who is affected: Medicare patients, physician‑owned hospitals, and doctors who have ownership in hospitals.
• What changes: Repeals ACA provisions that restricted Medicare self‑referrals and brings back the prior rules for physician‑owned hospitals, including for new construction and expansions .
• When: Would take effect upon enactment, with the law restored as if the ACA limits had never been enacted.