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.

Summary

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.

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Timeline

1. 3 October 2017

   Introduced

   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.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 3 October 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 3 October 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 6 October 2017

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 3 October 2017 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 3 October 2017

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 3 October 2017

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Sponsors

• Jackie Walorski · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] · R · Cosponsor
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• · hswm00 · Standing

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