HR 6159
Kids’ Access to Primary Care Act of 2020
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The Kids’ Access to Primary Care Act of 2020 aims to improve access to primary care services for children by ensuring that Medicaid payments for these services meet a minimum rate, at least equal to the Medicare payment rate. It expands the types of healthcare providers eligible for these higher payments, including obstetricians and certain advanced practice clinicians, and strengthens requirements for managed care entities to adequately reimburse primary care providers. The bill also includes a study to compare healthcare access and payment rates across states and encourages the use of established pediatric guidelines for early care.
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