Introduced in the Senate September 17, 2014: This could help charity care or just further inculcate Medicaid. It might be worth the paperwork for a charity clinic to show its value to the government.
Sep 24, 2014 4:48 a.m. — Bill Text
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(d)Appropriations
To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2020.
5. Testing alternative payment and delivery models to reduce health disparities
(a) In general
The Secretary acting through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation under section 1115A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315a) shall provide for the testing of a payment and service delivery model that includes incentives for reducing health disparities consistent with the cost and quality criteria otherwise applicable to the testing of models under such section.(b) Documentation requirement for model testing
In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall require that an application to conduct such testing of such a model include at least—(1) documentation of at least one health disparity targeted for reduction; (2) a root-cause analysis of the health disparity targeted for reduction; (3) identification and selection of performance targets for such reduction; (4) a proposal to make payments in some way contingent on a reduction in health disparities; and (5) a reliable method for monitoring progress in achieving such a reduction.
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Synopsis Courtesy of Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD
