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S 590 108th Congress Senate Health Capitation (Medical care) Health maintenance organizations Managed care Medicare Social Welfare

Medicare+Choice Equity and Access Act of 2003

Introduced: March 11, 2003 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.
Mar 11, 2003
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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 adjusted average per capita cost for the Medicare+Choice payment area involved; (2) revise the formula used to calculate the national standardized annual Medicare+Choice capitation rate to reflect Medicare+Choice enrollment; (3) remove application of the budget neutrality adjustment factor in the calculation of the blended capitation rate; and (3) provide for increase of the minimum percentage increase.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 590: Medicare+Choice Equity and Access Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-590/
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