S 3939
118th Congress
Senate
Health
ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2024
Introduced: March 14, 2024
Introduced by:
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Democratic
· Rhode Island
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Became law
Mar 14, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 14, 2024
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2024
This bill establishes 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—specifically, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1