3.0.0 1971 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z Senate S 2021-06-08 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-06-08T20:10:58Z Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2021 117 4065 HR 2021-06-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2021-06-08 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-06-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2021-06-08 True Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Digestive and metabolic diseases Drug therapy Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Medicaid Medical research Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Minority health Organ and tissue donation and transplantation State and local government operations Health 00 2021-06-08 Introduced in Senate 2021-11-09T22:43:48Z Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2021

This bill modifies provisions relating to Medicare coverage of treatments for chronic kidney disease.

Specifically, the bill expands the Medicare annual wellness visit to include chronic kidney disease screening and allows certain Medicare beneficiaries who have End Stage Renal Disease to enroll in Medicare supplemental policies. It also (1) provides for alternative payment methodologies for certain new drugs, biologics, and devices that are renal dialysis services; (2) revises quality measures; (3) establishes an incentive payment methodology; and (4) increases access to kidney disease education services.

]]> Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1971is/xml/BILLS-117s1971is.xml 2021-06-08 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.