Medicare Payment for Skin Products
Official: Advanced Wound Care and Regenerative Medicine Access and Reform Act
IntroducedDecember 18, 2025
Why This Matters
This bill updates Medicare to cover skin substitute products and sets payment rates for them. It helps ensure patients have better access to necessary wound care treatments.
If you need advanced wound care, Medicare will cover more treatment options starting in 2026.
Affects: Patients needing advanced wound care and their healthcare providers.
What changes is this bill making?
1. This bill adds skin substitute products to Medicare coverage. 2. It sets new payment rules for skin substitute products starting in 2026. 3. The payment amount will be based on average costs of these products. 4. Payments will be adjusted each year based on inflation. 5. The bill aims to improve access to advanced wound care treatments.
Who is affected?
Patients needing advanced wound care and their healthcare providers.