US HB5506 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 16 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-06-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on June 16 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-06-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Dialysis PATIENT Demonstration Act of 2016 Patient Access To Integrated-care, Empowerment, Nephrologists and Treatment Demonstration Act of 2016 Official Titles: Official Titles - House of Representatives Official Title as Introduced: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a demonstration program to provide integrated care for Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease, and for other purposes. This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a demonstration program for the provision of integrated care to Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Under the voluntary program, eligible participating providers may form organizations to offer ESRD integrated care models and serve as medical homes for program-eligible beneficiaries. Such a model: (1) shall cover medical and hospital services, other than hospice care, under Medicaid; (2) must include benefits for transition into palliative care; and (3) may cover prescription drug benefits. An organization must offer at least one open network model but may also offer one or more preferred network models. An organization shall return savings achieved under the models to program-eligible beneficiaries. A beneficiary shall have the opportunity to: (1) opt out of the program, (2) make an assignment change into an open network model offered by a different organization, or (3) elect a preferred network model. The bill establishes requirements regarding: (1) benefits for program-eligible beneficiaries who are also eligible for Medicaid benefits, (2) program quality and reporting, (2) ESRD integrated care strategy, (3) program operation and scope, (4) beneficiary notification, and (5) payment.
Title
Dialysis PATIENT Demonstration Act of 2016 Patient Access To Integrated-care, Empowerment, Nephrologists and Treatment Demonstration Act of 2016 Official Titles: Official Titles - House of Representatives Official Title as Introduced: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a demonstration program to provide integrated care for Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease, and for other purposes.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-16 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2016-06-16 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
| 2016-06-16 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
| 2016-06-16 | House | Referred 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. |
| 2016-06-16 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB3090 (Same As) 2016-06-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Marketing and advertising
Medicaid
Medicare
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Surgery and anesthesia
Health
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Marketing and advertising
Medicaid
Medicare
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Surgery and anesthesia
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5506/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5506/BILLS-114hr5506ih.pdf |
