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Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act

USA117th CongressS-2565| Senate 
| Updated: 7/29/2021
Jacky Rosen

Jacky Rosen

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (8)
Roger Marshall (Republican)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Deb Fischer (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Rob Portman (Republican)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act This bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a model that provides community-based palliative care and care coordination for high-risk Medicare beneficiaries and that may replace the Medicare Care Choices Model (currently set to expire on December 31, 2021). Under the new model, multi-disciplinary teams must provide coordinated, palliative care that is available 24-7 for Medicare beneficiaries with serious illnesses or injuries, such as cancer. The CMMI must evaluate the model by comparing patients participating in the model with those outside of the model in relation to specified metrics, including the election and duration of hospice care.
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Timeline
Jul 29, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Jul 29, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • July 29, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 29, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Health

Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act

USA117th CongressS-2565| Senate 
| Updated: 7/29/2021
Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act This bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a model that provides community-based palliative care and care coordination for high-risk Medicare beneficiaries and that may replace the Medicare Care Choices Model (currently set to expire on December 31, 2021). Under the new model, multi-disciplinary teams must provide coordinated, palliative care that is available 24-7 for Medicare beneficiaries with serious illnesses or injuries, such as cancer. The CMMI must evaluate the model by comparing patients participating in the model with those outside of the model in relation to specified metrics, including the election and duration of hospice care.
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Timeline
Jul 29, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Jul 29, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • July 29, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 29, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jacky Rosen

Jacky Rosen

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (8)
Roger Marshall (Republican)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Deb Fischer (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Rob Portman (Republican)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)

Finance Committee

Health

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted