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 such as diabetes, obesity, or high blood pressure. At least 5 programs would take part for at least 2 years each, and the model would run for at least 5 years. Eligible people must live in rural, medically underserved, or health professional shortage areas, and would receive one year of services such as health assessments, care coordination, telehealth, nutrition counseling, and healthy foods, with no cost-sharing. Programs would collect weight, blood pressure, and blood glucose data each quarter and must end participation for people who do not engage or follow program rules.

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Sponsors

• Jim Banks Republican sponsor
• 3 cosponsors