116-hr-8254116th Congress

BETTER Kidney Care Act

Sponsored By: Representative Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]

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Summary

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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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]

OR • D

Cosponsors

Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
MO • R
Sponsored 9/15/2020
Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/15/2020
Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
WA • R
Sponsored 9/15/2020
Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
NC • D
Sponsored 9/15/2020
Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
OH • R
Sponsored 9/15/2020
Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
AL • D
Sponsored 9/16/2020
Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
NY • D
Sponsored 9/17/2020
Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/18/2020
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 9/22/2020
Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]
TX • D
Sponsored 9/22/2020
Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
CO • D
Sponsored 9/23/2020
Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
IN • R
Sponsored 9/23/2020
Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
NY • D
Sponsored 9/24/2020
Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
NH • D
Sponsored 9/24/2020
Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8]
MI • D
Sponsored 9/29/2020
Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
FL • D
Sponsored 9/29/2020
Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
NY • D
Sponsored 9/29/2020
Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/29/2020
Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
MN • D
Sponsored 9/29/2020
Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1]
AZ • R
Sponsored 9/30/2020
Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34]
TX • D
Sponsored 9/30/2020
Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/30/2020
Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/30/2020
Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
CO • D
Sponsored 9/30/2020
Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
OR • D
Sponsored 10/1/2020
Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
NY • D
Sponsored 10/1/2020
Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27]
FL • D
Sponsored 9/15/2020
Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
MD • D
Sponsored 9/23/2020
Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
NV • D
Sponsored 9/24/2020
Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]
PA • R
Sponsored 9/29/2020
Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
OH • D
Sponsored 9/29/2020
Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
IL • R
Sponsored 9/29/2020
Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
IL • R
Sponsored 9/29/2020
Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
MO • R
Sponsored 9/29/2020
Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/30/2020
Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
MS • R
Sponsored 10/1/2020
Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]
FL • D
Sponsored 10/1/2020
Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
KY • R
Sponsored 10/1/2020
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
PA • D
Sponsored 10/9/2020
Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
NJ • R
Sponsored 10/9/2020
Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/9/2020
Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
PA • D
Sponsored 10/9/2020
Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-2]
NC • R
Sponsored 10/9/2020
Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14]
PA • R
Sponsored 10/9/2020
Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1]
WV • R
Sponsored 10/9/2020
Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
OH • D
Sponsored 10/9/2020
Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
TN • D
Sponsored 10/16/2020
Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
NY • R
Sponsored 10/16/2020
Rep. Brindisi, Anthony [D-NY-22]
NY • D
Sponsored 10/16/2020
Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/16/2020
Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
OK • R
Sponsored 10/16/2020
COLLIN PETERSON
MN • D
Sponsored 10/16/2020
Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]
CA • R
Sponsored 10/16/2020
Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7]
MO • R
Sponsored 10/16/2020
Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]
PA • R
Sponsored 10/16/2020
Rep. Mitchell, Paul [R-MI-10]
MI • R
Sponsored 10/23/2020
WM. CLAY
MO • D
Sponsored 10/23/2020
Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9]
NC • R
Sponsored 10/23/2020
Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
WA • R
Sponsored 10/23/2020
Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3]
MS • R
Sponsored 10/23/2020
Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
CO • D
Sponsored 10/27/2020
Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
GA • D
Sponsored 10/27/2020
Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]
NJ • D
Sponsored 10/30/2020
Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
CO • R
Sponsored 10/30/2020
Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
MI • D
Sponsored 11/16/2020
Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
NY • D
Sponsored 11/16/2020
Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
CA • D
Sponsored 11/16/2020
Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
OH • D
Sponsored 11/16/2020
Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
NV • R
Sponsored 11/16/2020
Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]
OK • R
Sponsored 11/16/2020
Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
IL • D
Sponsored 11/16/2020
Rep. Riggleman, Denver [R-VA-5]
VA • R
Sponsored 11/16/2020
Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
WI • R
Sponsored 11/17/2020
Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
PA • D
Sponsored 11/17/2020
Rep. Pence, Greg [R-IN-6]
IN • R
Sponsored 11/17/2020
Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
FL • R
Sponsored 11/20/2020
Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
SC • R
Sponsored 11/20/2020
Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
WV • R
Sponsored 11/20/2020
Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
FL • D
Sponsored 11/20/2020
Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
FL • D
Sponsored 11/30/2020
Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 11/30/2020
Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN]
IN • R
Sponsored 11/30/2020
Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
WI • R
Sponsored 12/4/2020
Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7]
NJ • D
Sponsored 12/4/2020
Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
MD • D
Sponsored 12/17/2020
Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
OH • R
Sponsored 12/17/2020
Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
OR • D
Sponsored 12/17/2020
Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
TX • D
Sponsored 12/17/2020

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BETTER Kidney Care Act

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