US Congress House Bill 6261 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 28 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-10-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish additional requirements for assigning Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries to accountable care organizations (ACOs) under the Medicare shared savings program. (The program enables ACOs to receive payments for savings stemming from care coordination and management.) Specifically, the bill requires the basis for assignment to reflect beneficiaries' utilization of not only primary care services provided by ACO physicians, but also those provided by other ACO practitioners. Other ACO practitioners include physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, certified nurse-midwives, clinical social workers, clinical psychologists, and registered dieticians or nutrition professionals.

ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2016

Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]

Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-10-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2016-09-28	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2016-09-28	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2016-09-28	House	Referred 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.
2016-09-28	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6261/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr6261/BILLS-114hr6261ih.pdf