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BETTER Kidney Care Act

USA117th CongressS-2649| Senate 
| Updated: 8/5/2021
Todd Young

Todd Young

Republican Senator

Indiana

Cosponsors (5)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients Kidney Care Act or the 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
Aug 5, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Aug 5, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 9, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-4942
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • August 5, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • August 5, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


  • August 9, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-4942
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 117-4942: BETTER Kidney Care Act

BETTER Kidney Care Act

USA117th CongressS-2649| Senate 
| Updated: 8/5/2021
Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients Kidney Care Act or the 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
Aug 5, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Aug 5, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 9, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-4942
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • August 5, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • August 5, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


  • August 9, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-4942
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Todd Young

Todd Young

Republican Senator

Indiana

Cosponsors (5)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)

Finance Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 117-4942: BETTER Kidney Care Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted