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H.R. 554 (105th)

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for equalization of Medicare reimbursement rates to managed care plans to improve the health of residents of rural areas.

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Introduced

4 February 1997

Last action

14 February 1997 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

Sponsors

Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3], Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8], Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4], Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1], Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6], Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-31], Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6], Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25], Rep. Condit, Gary A. [D-CA-18], Rep. Klug, Scott L. [R-WI-2], Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-2], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6], Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23], Rep. Minge, David [D-MN-2], Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3], Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-15], Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1], Rep. Luther, Bill [D-MN-6], Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5], Rep. Hill, Rick [R-MT-At Large], Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3], Rep. Watts, J. C., Jr. [R-OK-4], Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2], Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

3 June 2026

Healthcare

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Summary

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the formulae for payments to health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans. Provides for a metropolitan based system under which: (1) all portions of each metropolitan statistical area in a State are treated as a single Medicare payment area; and (2) all areas in that State that do not fall within a metropolitan statistical area are treated as a single Medicare payment area. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine the annual per capita rate of payment for each Medicare payment area by adjusting the adjusted capitation rate for: (1) individuals (not, as currently, a class of individuals) who are enrolled with an eligible organization which has entered into a risk-sharing contract and who are enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) only; and (2) such risk factors as age, disability status, gender, institutional status, and other appropriate factors so as to ensure actuarial equivalence. Requires the Secretary to establish a separate rate of payment to an eligible organization with respect to any individual determined to have end-stage renal disease and enrolled with the organization. Prescribes a general formula for the adjusted capitation rate of a Medicare payment area based on an area-specific adjusted capitation rate and an input-price-adjusted national adjusted capitation rate. Specifies area-specific and national percentages for contract years 1998 through 2001 and after. Requires the Secretary, upon written request of the Chief Executive Officer of a State for a contract year, to adjust the system under which Medicare payment areas in the State are otherwise determined to a system which: (1) has a single Statewide Medicare payment area; (2) is a metropolitan based system; or (3) consolidates into a single Medicare payment area noncontiguous counties (or equivalent areas) within the State.

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Timeline

  1. 4 February 1997

    Introduced

    Referred to House Ways and Means

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 4 February 1997

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 4 February 1997

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E144)

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 4 February 1997

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 4 February 1997

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  6. 11 February 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  7. 14 February 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

    Source: Committee

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