{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140109220955/http://black.house.gov:80/press-release/black-neal-introduce-comprehensive-care-payment-innovation-act", "Black, Neal Introduce Comprehensive Care Payment Innovation Act", "2013-12-19", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Diane Black", "B001273", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013\u00a0Today, Congressmen Diane Black (R-TN-06) and Richard E. Neal (D \u2013 MA-01) introduced the Comprehensive Care Payment Innovation Act \u2013 legislation that would allow Medicare\u2019s fee-for-service program to prioritize patient outcomes and quality through a more cost-effective delivery system.\n\u201cAs a nurse for more than 40 years, I take great joy in knowing that Americans are healthier and living longer than they were 20 years ago,\u201d said Congressman Black.\u00a0 \u201cWhile there is no doubt this is in part due to the men and women who provide exceptional medicine, with 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day, Congress must take action to ensure that we have a health care infrastructure in place that can provide quality, affordable care for seniors. That is why I have introduced the Comprehensive Care Payment Innovation Act\u2013a commonsense measure that would allow Medicare providers to bundle certain services in a manner that focuses on improving patient outcomes while lowering costs for taxpayers.\u201d\n\u201cHospitals in Massachusetts and across the country are used to pushing the envelope on innovative advances in patient care and this legislation will advance the effort to help hospitals and other providers to better focus on overall patient care, increasing value rather than volume of care.\u00a0 This should be a \u2018win win\u2019 for hospitals, healthcare costs, but most importantly for patients,\u201d said Congressman Neal.\nThe Comprehensive Care Payment Innovation Act would create a voluntary bundle payment program for Medicare that allows health care providers to treat a beneficiary for an episode of care, such as a hip or knee replacement, for the entire continuum of care.\u00a0 The provider would receive one lump sum payment that would cover the cost of the patient for the hospitalization and conclude 90 days afterward.\u00a0 All services would be covered in the bundle, which means the provider would take greater responsibility for patient outcomes.\u00a0\nA bundle payment allows providers to develop greater efficiencies in health care delivery and ensures quality care for seniors.\u00a0 In fact, the Congressional Budget Office, in its Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2014 to 2023 report, cited bundle payments as a method to achieve greater health care savings.\nFor a more comprehensive bill summary, click here, or for the bill text, click here.\n####", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140109220955/http://black.house.gov:80/press-release/black-neal-introduce-comprehensive-care-payment-innovation-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5406550373882055, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}