HR 4492
105th Congress
House
Health
Capitation (Medical care)
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal budgets
Government spending reductions
Health maintenance organizations
Legislation
Managed care
Medicare
Medicare managed care
Social Welfare
Medicare Health Plan Fair Payment Act
Introduced: August 6, 1998
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 28, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Aug 6, 1998
Referred to House Commerce
Aug 6, 1998
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Aug 6, 1998
Referred to House Ways and Means
Aug 6, 1998
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Health Plan Fair Payment Act - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the budget neutrality adjustment factor used in calculating the blended capitation rate for payment of Medicare+Choice organizations.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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