HR 5942 114th Congress House

Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2016

Official title: 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.

Introduced: September 9, 2016 Introduced by: Young, Todd Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov

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Sep 8, 2016

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Sep 8, 2016

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Sep 7, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sep 7, 2016

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.

Sep 7, 2016

Introduced in House

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Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2016 or the Dialysis Patient Access to Integrated-care, Empowerment, Nephrologists, Treatment, and Services Demonstration Act of 2016

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 Medicare; (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.

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Committees of jurisdiction 3

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 37

California · Sep 28, 2016

Brownley, Julia

California · Sep 22, 2016

Sewell, Terri A.

Alabama · Sep 22, 2016

Cohen, Steve

Tennessee · Sep 20, 2016

Wilson, Joe

South Carolina · Sep 20, 2016

Comstock, Barbara

· Sep 15, 2016

DeGette, Diana

Colorado · Sep 15, 2016

Kelly, Mike

Pennsylvania · Sep 15, 2016

Ruiz, Raul

California · Sep 15, 2016

New Mexico · Sep 13, 2016

Barr, Andy

Kentucky · Sep 12, 2016

Dent, Charles

· Sep 12, 2016

Frankel, Lois

Florida · Sep 12, 2016

Valadao, David G.

California · Sep 12, 2016

Wasserman Schultz, Debbie

Florida · Sep 12, 2016

Calvert, Ken

California · Sep 9, 2016

Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"

Tennessee · Sep 9, 2016

Lofgren, Zoe

California · Sep 9, 2016

Beatty, Joyce

Ohio · Sep 8, 2016

Bishop, Sanford D.

Georgia · Sep 8, 2016

Blackburn, Marsha

Tennessee · Sep 8, 2016

California · Sep 8, 2016

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Sep 8, 2016

Nunes, Devin

· Sep 8, 2016

Rogers, Mike D.

Alabama · Sep 8, 2016

ROYCE, ED

· Sep 8, 2016

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5942: Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5942/

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