HOUSE 5347119th CongressOrdered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.

Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act

Last Action: 5/21/2026

Actions

2026-07-13Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2026-06-29Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2026-06-29On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4272)
2026-06-29Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4272)
2026-06-29DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5347.
2026-06-29Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4272-4273)
2026-06-29Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2026-05-21Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
2026-05-21Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2026-05-13Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2026-05-13Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2025-09-17Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
2025-09-17Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2025-09-15Referred 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.
2025-09-15Referred 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.

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CRS Summary

As of 2025-09-15 (00)

Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act

This bill delays certain requirements relating to the reporting of quality measures by accountable care organizations (ACOs) under the Medicare Shared Savings Program. It also requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a pilot program that tests alternative digital reporting methods for ACOs.

The Medicare Shared Savings Program enables ACOs to receive payments for savings stemming from care coordination and management. In 2024, the CMS issued a rule requiring ACOs to report on quality measures using a certain electronic system beginning in 2025.

The bill allows ACOs to continue to use prior methods of reporting quality measures through 2029. Additionally, the CMS must establish a pilot program to test other digital reporting methods from 2028-2032; ACOs that participate in the pilot program are exempt from using other methods. The CMS must publicly post an analysis of the program and any related recommendations for using the tested methods.

Cosponsors (4)

Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
Darin LaHood (R-IL)
Michael Lawler (R-NY)

Subjects

Computers and information technology
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Medicare

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