SUMMARY AS OF:
7/21/2000--Introduced.
Medicare+Choice Program Improvement Act of 2000 - 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 2002
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 update for payment areas with only one or no Medicare+Choice
contracts; (5) permitting higher negotiated rates in certain Medicare+Choice
payment areas below the national average; and (6) providing for a ten year
phase-in of risk adjustment based on data from all settings.
Delays from July to November 2000 the deadline for withdrawing the offer, or
rescinding the withdrawal, of Medicare+Choice plans for 2001.