To establish a Medicare demonstration program on the use of third-party interest-free payment arrangements to reduce Medicare hospital part A bad debt claims.
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Oct 3, 2017)
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a three-year demonstration program to determine the impact of third-party, interest-free payment arrangements on: (1) health outcomes, (2) patient engagement and satisfaction, and (3) claims for bad debt that are attributable to a hospital's inability to collect deductibles and coinsurance for Medicare hospital services. Under the program, the CMS shall provide a payment incentive to a hospital that participates in such a payment arrangement and demonstrates improvement in those three areas.
What just happenedOct 6, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseOct 3, 2017
- Oct 6, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Oct 3, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Oct 3, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Ways and Means Committee - Oct 3, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Oct 3, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House