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Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients (BETTER) Kidney Care Act

USA116th CongressS-4574| Senate 
| Updated: 9/15/2020
Todd Young

Todd Young

Republican Senator

Indiana

Cosponsors (6)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Steve Daines (Republican)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients (BETTER) Kidney Care Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a demonstration program for Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Under the program, renal dialysis facilities, kidney disease specialists, physician practices, and other health care practitioners may form an organization that partners with certain health care entities to provide integrated care to beneficiaries with ESRD. Such care must include all covered Medicare benefits as well as transition services for transplantations, palliative care, and hospice. Each organization must have a minimum number or percentage of participating beneficiaries (350 or 60% of beneficiaries served at the organization's facilities) and must also comply with certain fiscal, governance, and quality of care requirements. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must study certain data that is reported to the CMS regarding pediatric dialysis care, as well as the effects of race-based corrections to a specified kidney function test on referrals of ESRD patients for transplant evaluations.
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Timeline
Sep 15, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Sep 15, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • September 15, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 15, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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  • HR 116-8254: BETTER Kidney Care Act
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Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients (BETTER) Kidney Care Act

USA116th CongressS-4574| Senate 
| Updated: 9/15/2020
Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients (BETTER) Kidney Care Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a demonstration program for Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Under the program, renal dialysis facilities, kidney disease specialists, physician practices, and other health care practitioners may form an organization that partners with certain health care entities to provide integrated care to beneficiaries with ESRD. Such care must include all covered Medicare benefits as well as transition services for transplantations, palliative care, and hospice. Each organization must have a minimum number or percentage of participating beneficiaries (350 or 60% of beneficiaries served at the organization's facilities) and must also comply with certain fiscal, governance, and quality of care requirements. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must study certain data that is reported to the CMS regarding pediatric dialysis care, as well as the effects of race-based corrections to a specified kidney function test on referrals of ESRD patients for transplant evaluations.
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Timeline
Sep 15, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Sep 15, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • September 15, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 15, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Todd Young

Todd Young

Republican Senator

Indiana

Cosponsors (6)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Steve Daines (Republican)

Finance Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-8254: BETTER Kidney Care Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Academic performance and assessmentsChild healthCongressional oversightDigestive and metabolic diseasesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth technology, devices, suppliesHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicaidMedical educationMedicareNursingNutrition and dietOrgan and tissue donation and transplantationPrescription drugsSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizations