H.R. 3417 · 116th Congress
BETTER Act of 2019
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Beneficiary Education Tools, Telehealth, and Extenders Reauthorization Act of 2019 or the BETTER Act of 2019
What it does: CRS summary · Reported to House, Part I · Dec 24, 2020
Beneficiary Education Tools, Telehealth, and Extenders Reauthorization Act of 2019 or the BETTER Act of 2019
This bill extends funding for, and makes a series of changes to, Medicare enrollment, payment, and prescription drug programs.
Among other things, the bill
- extends funding through FY2022 for state health insurance programs, area agencies on aging, aging and disability resource centers, technical assistance related to outreach and enrollment, and certain quality-measurement activities;
- provides statutory authority for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services transition program under the Medicare prescription drug benefit for limited-income, newly eligible individuals (i.e., individuals who are eligible for subsidies and have not yet enrolled in, or whose coverage has not yet taken effect under, a Medicare or Medicare Advantage prescription drug plan);
- revises payment rules for graduate medical education costs with respect to a hospital that establishes a new medical residency training program; and
- authorizes additional quality measures for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) value-based purchasing program, which provides incentive payments to SNFs based on their quality of care.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: BETTER Act of 2019
Also known as: Beneficiary Education Tools, Telehealth, and Extenders Reauthorization Act of 2019
Latest action (Dec 24, 2020): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 574.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Jun 21, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.