3.0.0 4574 2023-01-11T13:44:46Z 2023-01-11T13:44:46Z Senate S 2020-09-15 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-09-15T17:07:28Z BETTER Kidney Care Act 116 8254 HR 2020-09-15 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. Related bill CRS 2020-09-15 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-09-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. N S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2020-09-15 True B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2020-10-21 False H001079 Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS 2020-10-21 False C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2020-11-18 False D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2020-11-18 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2020-11-30 False Health Academic performance and assessments Child health Congressional oversight Digestive and metabolic diseases Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health technology, devices, supplies Hospital care Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medical education Medicare Nursing Nutrition and diet Organ and tissue donation and transplantation Prescription drugs Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Health 00 2020-09-15 Introduced in Senate 2020-11-02T18:08:55Z Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients (BETTER) Kidney Care Act

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a demonstration program for Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).

Under the program, renal dialysis facilities, kidney disease specialists, physician practices, and other health care practitioners may form an organization that partners with certain health care entities to provide integrated care to beneficiaries with ESRD. Such care must include all covered Medicare benefits as well as transition services for transplantations, palliative care, and hospice. Each organization must have a minimum number or percentage of participating beneficiaries (350 or 60% of beneficiaries served at the organization's facilities) and must also comply with certain fiscal, governance, and quality of care requirements.

Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must study certain data that is reported to the CMS regarding pediatric dialysis care, as well as the effects of race-based corrections to a specified kidney function test on referrals of ESRD patients for transplant evaluations.

]]> Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients (BETTER) Kidney Care Act Display Title Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients (BETTER) Kidney Care Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients (BETTER) Kidney Care Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a demonstration program to provide integrated care for Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4574is/xml/BILLS-116s4574is.xml 2020-09-15 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.