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Introduced Session

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the way beneficiaries are assigned under the Medicare shared savings program by also basing such assignment on primary care services furnished by nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and clinical nurse specialists. 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.

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Derek Kilmer (D)*,  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Brendan Boyle (D),  Mike Gallagher (R),  Josh Harder (D),  Brian Higgins (D),  Peter King (R),  Grace Meng (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Kathleen Rice (D),  Kilili Sablan (D),  Scott Tipton (R),  Susan Wild (D), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 01/30/2019)

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