Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017
Latest action · Nov 2, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 2, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Dialysis Patient Access to Integrated-care, Empowerment, Nephrologists, Treatment, and Services Demonstration Act of 2017 or the Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017
This bill establishes a demonstration program for the provision of integrated care to Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
Under the voluntary program, eligible participating providers may form organizations to offer ESRD integrated care models and serve as medical homes for program-eligible beneficiaries. Such a model: (1) shall cover medical and hospital services, other than hospice care, under Medicare; (2) must include benefits for transition into transplantation, palliative care, or hospice; and (3) may cover prescription drug benefits. An organization must offer at least one open network model but may also offer one or more preferred network models.
An organization shall return savings achieved under the models to program-eligible beneficiaries.
A beneficiary shall have the opportunity to: (1) opt out of the program, (2) make an assignment change into an open network model offered by a different organization, or (3) elect a preferred network model.
The bill establishes requirements regarding: (1) benefits for program-eligible beneficiaries who are also eligible for Medicaid benefits, (2) program quality and reporting, (2) ESRD integrated care strategy, (3) program operation and scope, (4) beneficiary notification, and (5) payment.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission must, before 2025, submit to Congress an interim report on the program.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 2, 2017 to Aug 1, 2018, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Nov 2, 2017 |
| R-NV | Dean Heller | Original | Nov 2, 2017 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Nov 2, 2017 |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Nov 7, 2017 | |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Nov 7, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Nov 7, 2017 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Dec 21, 2017 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Jan 25, 2018 | |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Aug 1, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 2, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Nov 2, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4143 | Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 | Related bill | Oct 27, 2017 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Hospital care
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
- Prescription drugs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 2, 2017Introduced in Senate
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