Accountable Produce is Medicine Act of 2026

This bill would require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a payment model, starting within 180 days of enactment, that pays selected health programs a bundled payment to provide food and health services to certain Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP enrollees with chronic conditions. At least 5 programs would be selected for at least 2 years each, and the model would run for at least 5 years. Eligible people must live in medically underserved, rural, or health professional shortage areas and have conditions such as diabetes, obesity, heart disease, or high blood pressure. For one year, programs would offer services such as health risk assessments, care coordination, telehealth, remote monitoring, nutrition counseling, and healthy foods, with no copays or deductibles. Programs would collect weight, blood pressure, and blood sugar data each quarter and must end participation for people who do not follow program requirements.

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Sponsors

• Lloyd Smucker Republican sponsor
• 5 cosponsors