3.0.0 3504 2023-01-11T13:34:44Z 2023-01-11T13:34:44Z Senate S 2016-12-06 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-12-06T17:14:17Z 2016-12-06 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2016-12-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2016-12-06 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2016-12-06 True W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2016-12-06 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2016-12-07 False Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Digestive and metabolic diseases Disability and paralysis Drug therapy Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health technology, devices, supplies Home and outpatient care Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medicare Nutrition and diet Prescription drugs Health 00 2016-12-06 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-23T14:52:23Z 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.
]]> Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2016 Display Title Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced 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 in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3504is/xml/BILLS-114s3504is.xml 2016-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.