Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer’s Act
- Last Action
- 4/15/2021
Actions
- 2021-04-15Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2021-04-14Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2021-04-14Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-04-14Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-04-14Introduced in House
- 2021-04-14Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-04-14 (00)
Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer's Act
This bill allows the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a Dementia Care Management Model that provides comprehensive care to Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia.
Under the model, participating health care providers receive payment under Medicare for comprehensive care management services that are provided to individuals with diagnosed dementia, excluding Medicare Advantage enrollees, hospice care recipients, and nursing home residents. Required services include medication management, care coordination, and health, financial, and environmental monitoring, as well as trainings and other support services for unpaid caregivers. Providers must furnish services through interdisciplinary teams and must ensure access to a team member or primary care provider 24-7. The CMMI must set payments and determine quality measures for the model in accordance with specified requirements.
The bill also allows the CMMI to design a similar model under Medicaid.
Cosponsors (20)
- Darin LaHood (R-IL)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
- Tom Cole (R-OK)
- MAXINE WATERS (D-CA)
- Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
- Jackie Walorski (R-IN)
- Thomas Suozzi (D-NY)
- Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
- Mark Amodei (R-NV)
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Mike Rogers (R-AL)
- Ed Case (D-HI)
- Kathy Manning (D-NC)
- Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)
- John Katko (R-NY)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
Subjects
- Comprehensive health care
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Minority health
- Neurological disorders
- Performance measurement
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