ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2025
Medicare Shared Savings: Changes to How People Are Assigned to Care Groups
Stalled
No legislative action in over 90 days.
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Changes how Medicare assigns people to shared-savings care groups for years starting Jan. 1, 2027.
- Adds a new rule so certain primary care visits provided by approved ACO clinicians count for assigning a person.
- This could shift which doctor-led group is held responsible for coordinating a Medicare patient’s care.
- For some Medicare patients, it may change which care group contacts them about care coordination, check-ins, or follow-up plans.
- The bill text provided is narrow and does not describe costs, patient notices, or changes to Medicare benefits.
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Milestones
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in House
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Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2025
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