HR 368
108th Congress
House
Health
Capitation (Medical care)
Health maintenance organizations
Managed care
Medicare
Social Welfare
Medicare+Choice Equity and Access Act of 2003
Introduced: January 27, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 3, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jan 30, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 27, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 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.
Jan 27, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare+Choice Equity and Access Act of 2003 - 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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
1