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Medicare's Elderly Receiving Innovative Treatments (MERIT) Act of 1999

Introduced: August 5, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Aug 5, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 5, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10391)
Aug 5, 1999
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare's Elderly Receiving Innovative Treatments (MERIT) Act of 1999 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with regard to the frail elderly by modifying: (1) payment rules (including requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a new payment system); (2) eligibility, election, and enrollment provisions (adding special rules for frail elderly Medicare+Choice beneficiaries enrolling in specialized programs for the frail elderly that establish a continuous open enrollment period for such individuals); and (3) benefits and beneficiary protections provisions (requiring the Secretary to develop and implement a program to measure the quality of care provided in specialized programs for the frail elderly). Exempts Medicare+Choice beneficiaries in a specialized program for the frail elderly from any risk adjustment system until the Secretary certifies to Congress that a comprehensive risk adjustment methodology taking certain factors into account is being fully implemented.
What's happening now August 5, 1999

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Aug 5, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1499: Medicare's Elderly Receiving Innovative Treatments (MERIT) Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-1499/
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"S. 1499: Medicare's Elderly Receiving Innovative Treatments (MERIT) Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-1499/.
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