SUMMARY AS OF:
7/27/2000--Introduced.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Title I: Improvements In Payments
- Title II: Additional Improvements
Medicare Choice Preservation Act of 2000 - Title I: Improvements in
Payments - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the
Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for: (1) increasing the national per capita
Medicare+Choice growth percentage in 2001 and 2002; (2) increasing the minimum
payment amount in 2001 for any of the 50 States and the District of Columbia;
(3) allowing a Medicare+Choice organization to elect to apply an area-specific
percentage of 50 percent and a national percentage of 50 percent for 2002 rather
than the rate currently applicable for that year in determining the blended
capitation rate used in determining the calculation of annual Medicare+Choice
capitation rates; (4) increasing the minimum percentage increase in 2001 under
provisions for calculation of annual Medicare+Choice capitation rates; (5)
increasing the update for payment areas with only one or no Medicare+Choice
contracts; (6) eliminating the budget neutrality adjustment for 2001 and 2002
under blended capitation rate provisions; (7) revising calculation of
area-specific and national percentage capitation rates; and (8) phasing-in over
a ten year period of risk adjustment methodology based on data from all
settings.
Title II: Additional Improvements - Delays from July to November 2000
the deadline for withdrawing the offer, rescinding the withdrawal, of
Medicare+Choice plans for 2001.
Amends SSA title XVIII part C to revise data collection requirements under
the Medicare+Choice program with regard to: (1) issuance of encounter data
submission; (2) post-stabilization guidelines; (3) effectiveness of elections
and changes of elections; (4) uniform premium and benefits; and (5)
Medicare+Choice program compatibility with employer or union group health plans.