Becker's Healthcare September 28, 2017
The Senate passed a bipartisan bill Tuesday night to improve care coordination for patients with multiple chronic conditions.
The bill, the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic Care Act of 2017, aims to improve at-home care, increase Medicare Advantage flexibility, give ACOs more options and expands telehealth capabilities.
“This bill provides new options and tools for seniors and their doctors to coordinate care and makes it less burdensome to stay healthy,” Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said in a statement.
Here are four things to know about how the CHRONIC Care Act would reform Medicare.
1. It extends the ACA’s Independent at Home program. This program was started in 2012 under the ACA as a demonstration to allow...
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