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HR 2753 113th Congress House

Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2013

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve Medicare Advantage, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 19, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Jul 26, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 23, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 19, 2013
Introduced in House
Jul 19, 2013
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.
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 Latest action July 26, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2013 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to terminate after 2013 the permission to disenroll, between January 1 and March 15 of each year, only from a MedicareAdvantage (MA) plan to elect enrollment in the original Medicare fee-for-service program.

Restores the option under previous law to elect to change from an MA plan to the original Medicare fee-for-service plan, or from the original Medicare fee-for-service to an MA plan, once a year during the first three months.

Permits an MA organization to offer individuals enrolled in one of its MA plans one or more incentive programs designed to improve their health care.

Permits an MA plan, through mechanisms such as value based insurance design (VBID) practices, to vary cost sharing for the purpose of encouraging enrollees to use providers that the MA organization has identified as performing well on quality metrics.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to evaluate and, as appropriate, revise for 2017 and periodically thereafter the risk adjustment system so that a risk score, with respect to an individual, takes into account the number of chronic conditions with which the individual has been diagnosed, and, to the extent available, at least two years of diagnostic data including data obtained during the individual's health risk assessments.

Requires the Secretary to take steps necessary to ensure that the MA 5-star rating system: (1) does not disadvantage a plan that enrolls a disproportionately high proportion of enrollees who are full-benefit dual eligible individuals, subsidy eligible individuals, or other individuals with complex health care needs such as individuals with multiple conditions; and (2) allows adjustments to account for differences in socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of enrollees and geographic variation in health outcomes.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2753: Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2753/
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