# 115-hr-3920: To establish a Medicare demonstration program on the use of third-party interest-free payment arrangements to reduce Medicare hospital part A bad debt claims.

115-hr-3920, To establish a Medicare demonstration program on the use of third-party interest-free payment arrangements to reduce Medicare hospital part A bad debt claims., is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2] (R-IN); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-3920
- Congress: 115
- Title: To establish a Medicare demonstration program on the use of third-party interest-free payment arrangements to reduce Medicare hospital part A bad debt claims.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2017-10-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a three-year demonstration program to determine the impact of third-party, interest-free payment arrangements on: (1) health outcomes, (2) patient engagement and satisfaction, and (3) claims for bad debt that are attributable to a hospital's inability to collect deductibles and coinsurance for Medicare hospital services. Under the program, the CMS shall provide a payment incentive to a hospital that participates in such a payment arrangement and demonstrates improvement in those three areas.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA), 2017-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-6760: Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6757: Family Savings Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6756: American Innovation Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6014: To reauthorize the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act.
- 115-hr-5861: Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act
- 115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-3920 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3920)

## Related
- [115-hr-6760: Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6760)
- [115-hr-6757: Family Savings Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6757)
- [115-hr-6756: American Innovation Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6756)
- [115-hr-6014: To reauthorize the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act.](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6014)
- [115-hr-5861: Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5861)
- [115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5499)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3920 (as of 2025-11-18).