{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lynnjenkins.house.gov/press-releases/congresswoman-jenkins-invited-to-testify-on-medicare-direct-supervision-requirement-before-house-committee/", "Congresswoman Jenkins Invited To Testify On Medicare Direct Supervision Requirement Before House Committee", "2015-10-28", "2015", "2015-10", "Republican", "House", "KS", "Lynn Jenkins", "J000290", "lynnjenkins.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Next Tuesday, November 3rd, Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins (KS-02) will testify before the House of Representatives\u2019 Energy and Commerce Committee about her legislation to delay Medicare\u2019s physician \u201cdirect supervision\u201d requirement until 2016. After being invited to testify, Congresswoman Jenkins released the following statement:  \u201cI am proud to stand up for rural healthcare against Medicare\u2019s unreasonable and inflexible direct supervision requirement that will hurt Critical Access Hospitals and other rural hospitals. The job of the government is to increase folks\u2019 access to healthcare, not add more hoops for providers to jump through, straining the resources of CAHs. I look forward to testifying before the committee to help shine a light on the problems that would face rural healthcare providers if this rule was enforced. There can be no place in government for Medicare regulations that prevent rural communities from having access to the healthcare they need.\u201d  Items To Note  - \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0This Congress, Congresswoman Jenkins introduced H.R. 2878, which would prevent enforcement of the Medicare direct supervision rule.  -\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Kansas Hospital Association, National Rural Health Association and American Hospital Association all support this bill.  -\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Similar legislation was introduced by Congresswoman Jenkins in the 113th Congress and signed into law by the President\u00a0on December 4, 2014. However, the law has expired and was introduced again by Congresswoman Jenkins and Congressman Loebsack (D-IA).  \u00a0  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://lynnjenkins.house.gov/press-releases/congresswoman-jenkins-invited-to-testify-on-medicare-direct-supervision-requirement-before-house-committee/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.408625092357397, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}