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S 1317 107th Congress Senate Health Capitation (Medical care) Health maintenance organizations Managed care Medicare Medicare managed care Social Welfare

Medicare+Choice Equity and Access Act of 2001

Introduced: August 2, 2001 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 2, 2001
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare+Choice Equity and Access Act of 2001 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to calculation of annual Medicare+Choice capitation rates to: (1) give Medicare+Choice organizations the option to receive payment based on the annual area-specific Medicare+Choice capitation rate for the Medicare+Choice payment area involved; (2) permanently remove application of the budget neutrality adjustment factor in the calculation of the blended capitation rate; and (3) revise the formula used to calculate the national standardized annual Medicare+Choice capitation rate to reflect Medicare+Choice enrollment.
What's happening now August 2, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2836 Identical bill Medicare+Choice Equity and Access Act of 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1317: Medicare+Choice Equity and Access Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1317/
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