Washington, April 21 -- Rep. Lloyd Smucker issued the following press release:
Representatives Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) and Sharice Davids (KS-03) introduced the bipartisan Accountable Produce is Medicine Act (H.R. 8355) (https://edit-smucker.house.gov/media/press-releases/what-they-are-saying-accountable-produce-medicine-act?_gl=1*osqd43*_ga*MTk3NDg1NjYwNy4xNzc3MDM4MDE0*_ga_5LTB239BJC*czE3NzcwMzg1MjYkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzcwMzg1NDIkajQ0JGwwJGgw), legislation aimed at modernizing the U.S. health care system by incorporating proven nutrition-based interventions to prevent and manage chronic disease.
This legislation would direct the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a new bundled payment model that integrates "produce prescr...