Senior Medicare Fairness Act
Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply the frailty adjustment under PACE payment rules to certain specialized MA plans for special needs individuals.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senior Medicare Fairness Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for plan year 2013 and subsequent plan years with respect to payments to Medicare + Choice organizations for original fee-for-service benefits under a specialized Medicare Advantage plan for special needs individuals that: (1) offers integrated Medicare and Medicaid services under contract with the state agency under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act; and (2) is offered by a Medicare Advantage organization that as of January 1, 2010, had a contract with such state Medicaid agency that participated in the "Demonstrations Serving Those Dually-Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid."
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to apply the frailty adjustment under payment rules for programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) rather than those which would otherwise apply for plan enrollees.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1999: Senior Medicare Fairness Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1999/
"S. 1999: Senior Medicare Fairness Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1999/.
S. 1999, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1999/.
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