The arrangement is defined and the fee capped at $150 a month
What the document says“The term `direct primary care service arrangement' means, with respect to any individual, an arrangement under which such individual is provided medical care (as defined in section 213(d)) consisting solely of primary care services provided by primary care practitioners”
The section defines the term as an arrangement giving medical care as defined in section 213(d) that consists only of primary care services from primary care practitioners as defined in section 1833(x)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act, where the only payment is a fixed periodic fee. The term does not cover an arrangement where total fees for a month top $150, or twice that where an arrangement covers more than one person. Primary care services do not include procedures needing general anesthesia, prescription drugs other than vaccines, or laboratory services not usually given in an ambulatory primary care setting.
What the document actually says“The term `direct primary care service arrangement' means, with respect to any individual, an arrangement under which such individual is provided medical care (as defined in section 213(d)) consisting solely of primary care services provided by primary care practitioners”
The term covers a deal giving one person medical care. That care must be only primary care. It must come from primary care staff.
The only payment may be a set regular fee. Fees may not top $150 a month. That doubles where more than one person is covered.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.