HR 2120 · in committee · significant

ROCR Value Based Program Act

What this bill does

Creates a Medicare payment program for radiation oncology services based on treatment episodes rather than individual procedures.
Requires hospitals, physician groups, and radiation therapy centers that accept Medicare to participate in the program.
CMS sets payment rates with geographic adjustments; providers must meet accreditation standards or face payment reductions.

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Community Threads

Started by Cosponsor

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How might bundling radiation oncology services into episode-based payments affect treatment decisions compared to the current procedure-by-procedure payment model?
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What financial burden could the mandatory accreditation standards place on smaller radiation therapy centers or rural providers?
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Which stakeholders—patients, hospitals, oncologists, or insurers—would benefit most from shifting risk and payment responsibility to episode-based care?

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Sponsor · R-PA-1

Brian K. Fitzpatrick

Citizen cosponsors

In Congress

27/ 435

House Reps cosponsoring

Introduced 2025-03-14

Joining the bill

+ 15 more

Legislative timeline

2025-03-14 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-03-14 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-03-14 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-03-14 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House

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