Accountable Care in Rural America Act
- Last Action
- 6/9/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-09Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2021-06-08Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2021-06-08Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
- 2021-06-08Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
- 2021-06-08Introduced in House
- 2021-06-08Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-08 (00)
Accountable Care in Rural America Act
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to exclude certain components from a methodology used under the Medicare Shared Savings Program. The program enables accountable care organizations (ACOs) to receive payments for savings stemming from care coordination and management.
Specifically, the bill requires the CMS to exclude an ACO's assigned Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries from certain regional adjustments to the ACO's benchmark for savings determinations, and to otherwise ensure that an ACO is not in a less favorable financial position due to its share of assigned beneficiaries in the region.
Cosponsors (14)
- Terri Sewell (D-AL)
- Neal Dunn (R-FL)
- Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ)
- Lance Gooden (R-TX)
- Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
- Ami Bera (D-CA)
- Mike Kelly (R-PA)
- Dusty Johnson (R-SD)
- Cynthia Axne (D-IA)
- Darin LaHood (R-IL)
- David Schweikert (R-AZ)
- Brad Wenstrup (R-OH)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Adrian Smith (R-NE)
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