HR 786 · in committee · major

Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act

What this bill does

The bill extends Medicare incentive payments for healthcare professionals in alternative payment models through 2027.
This affects doctors and other health professionals participating in accountable care organizations and similar programs.
The extension continues existing payment structures without specifying new funding amounts or implementation deadlines.

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Community Threads

Started by Cosponsor

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How might extending Medicare incentive payments through 2027 affect healthcare providers' decisions to remain in accountable care organizations versus traditional fee-for-service models?
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What evidence supports the claim that continuing these payment incentives improves patient outcomes compared to other payment structures?
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Who bears the financial cost of extending these Medicare payments, and how might that differ from alternative uses of those federal healthcare dollars?

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Sponsor · R-IL-16

Darin LaHood

Citizen cosponsors

In Congress

6/ 435

House Reps cosponsoring

Introduced 2025-01-28

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Legislative timeline

2025-01-28 · 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.
2025-01-28 · 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.
2025-01-28 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-28 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House

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