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S 3504 114th Congress Senate

Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2016

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to implement Medicare payment policies designed to improve management of chronic disease, streamline car… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to implement Medicare payment policies designed to improve management of chronic disease, streamline care coordination, and improve quality outcomes without adding to the deficit.

Introduced: December 6, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 Latest action December 6, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2016

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to:

  • extend the Independence at Home demonstration program;
  • modify provisions regarding access to home dialysis therapy under Medicare and special needs plans under Medicare Advantage (MA);
  • expand testing of the MA Value-Based Insurance Design test model;
  • allow an MA plan to provide additional telehealth benefits to enrollees and, to chronically ill enrollees, certain supplemental health care benefits;
  • modify other provisions regarding the use of telehealth services;
  • allow prospective, voluntary assignment of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries to accountable care organizations (ACOs); and
  • allow ACOs to operate beneficiary incentive programs.
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Dec 7, 2016
Isakson, Johnny
· Dec 6, 2016
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Dec 6, 2016
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Dec 6, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3504: Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3504/
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