Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act

Summary

Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay certain requirements relating to the reporting of quality measures by accountable care organizations (ACOs) under the Medicare Shared Savings Program and to also test alternative reporting methods for ACOs. (The Medicare Shared Savings Program enables ACOs to receive payments for savings stemming from care coordination and management.) Specifically, the CMS must delay the requirement that ACOs use a specified electronic system for reporting quality measures until January 1, 2030. Additionally, the CMS must establish a pilot program to test other digital reporting methods; ACOs that participate in the pilot program are exempt from using the existing electronic system.  The CMS must also implement standards for digital reporting by January 1, 2030, that ensure all electronic health record systems used by ACOs are able to support reporting across a range of practice sizes, specialties, and geographic locations. ACOs may use existing reporting methods until the standards are implemented.

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Timeline

1. 16 January 2025

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. 16 January 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 16 January 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in House

  Introduced in House · EN · 16 January 2025

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 16 January 2025

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Sponsors

• Vern Buchanan · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] · D · Sponsor
• Dan Crenshaw · R · Sponsor
• Darin LaHood · R · Cosponsor
• · hswm00 · Standing
• · hsif00 · Standing

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