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106th Congress
Senate
Health
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Managed care
Medically uninsured
Medicare
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Prospective payment systems (Medical care)
Social Welfare
Managed Care Fair Payment Act of 1999
Introduced: May 12, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 12, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 12, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5165-5169)
May 12, 1999
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Managed Care Fair Payment Act of 1999 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) remove from payments to Medicare+Choice organizations those amounts attributable to disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments; and (2) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make direct payments to a DSH for any individual who is enrolled with a Medicare+Choice organization under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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