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HR 1160 115th Congress House Health Health care quality Health personnel Medicare

ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2017

Introduced: March 28, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Mar 2, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 16, 2017
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.
Feb 16, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2017

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. Under current law, the program enables ACOs to receive payments for savings stemming from care coordination and management.

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.

What's happening now March 2, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 6
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Dec 12, 2018
Gallagher, Mike
· Feb 26, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 8, 2018
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Feb 7, 2018
Young, David
· Feb 7, 2018
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Nov 28, 2017
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· Jul 11, 2017
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jun 20, 2017
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Apr 5, 2017
Delaney, John
· Mar 28, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1160: ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1160/
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"H.R. 1160: ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1160/.
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H.R. 1160, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1160/.
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