Encouraging the Prioritization of the Most Vulnerable Act

Encouraging the Prioritization of the Most Vulnerable Act

This bill amend title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in approving Medicaid demonstration projects, to:

• post on its website information regarding how CMS prioritizes projects that have been proven effective in improving care and outcomes with respect to uninsured, Medicaid-eligible, or low-income individuals;
• collect, from a participating state, available data regarding the quality of care or health outcomes with respect to individuals served;
• post on its website information regarding how a project is not duplicative of any federal program or funding opportunity; and
• collect, from a participating state, an analysis of the degree to which such projects displace private and charitable sector efforts to improve care and outcomes with respect to uninsured, Medicaid-eligible, or low-income individuals.