SUMMARY AS OF:
9/12/2000--Introduced.
Medicare Beneficiaries' Choice Stabilization Act of 2000 - Amends part C
(Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA)
with respect to payments to Medicare+Choice organizations to provide for: (1)
establishment of a floor for Medicare+Choice payment rates after applying
risk-adjustment methodology; (2) elimination of budget neutrality adjustment for
2001 and 2002; (3) an increase in national per capita Medicare+Choice growth
percentage in 2001 and 2002: (4) election by a Medicare+Choice organization to
apply an area- specific percentage of 50 percent and a national percentage of 50
percent for 2001 and 2002 rather than the rate currently applicable for 2002 in
determining the blended capitation rate used in determining the calculation of
annual Medicare+Choice capitation rates; (5) an increased update for payment
areas with only one or no Medicare+Choice contracts; (6) higher negotiated rates
in certain Medicare+Choice payment areas below national average; and (7) a ten
year phased-in 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.
Amends SSA title XVIII part C to Medicare+Choice program data collection
requirements with regard to: (1) issuance of encounter data submission
requirements; (2) post- stabilization guidelines; and (3) on-line enrollment.
Prohibits the Secretary from making any changes in the enrollment and
disenrollment instructions and related materials (including operational policy
letters and evidence of coverage) under Medicare+Choice between enactment of
this Act and January 1, 2002, except as may be specifically and only required to
comply with a change in statute.