HR 5212
116th Congress
House
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Medicare
Performance measurement
Accountable Care in Rural America Act
Introduced: November 21, 2019
Introduced by:
Arrington, Jodey C.
Republican
· Texas
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 22, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 21, 2019
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.
Nov 21, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Accountable Care in Rural America Act
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to exclude certain components from a methodology used under the Medicare Shared Savings Program. The program enables accountable care organizations (ACOs) to receive payments for savings stemming from care coordination and management.
Specifically, the bill requires the CMS to exclude an ACO's assigned Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries from certain regional adjustments to the ACO's benchmark for savings determinations, and to otherwise ensure that an ACO is not in a less favorable financial position due to its share of assigned beneficiaries in the region.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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