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
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2 steps
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In committee
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To President
Became law
Aug 2, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 2, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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