Medicare Equity and Access Act

Bill: 108-hr-2033
Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Jennifer [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2003-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Awards, medals, prizes
Capitation (Medical care)
Case management
Cholesterol
Chronically ill
Coinsurance
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Diabetes
Federal preemption
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health education
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Housing and Community Development
Insurance premiums
Managed care
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medicare
Military medicine
Performance measurement
Preferred provider organizations (Medical care)
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Rural health
Social Welfare
Standards
State laws
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Medicare Equity and Access Act - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) a two-year increase in the minimum percentage increase used in the calculation of annual Medicare+Choice capitation rates; (2) inclusion in the calculation of Medicare+Choice payment rates of the costs of Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs military facility services to Medicare-eligible beneficiaries; and (3) preemption of duplicative State regulation.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a program to provide financial incentive awards to Medicare+Choice organizations offering plans that demonstrate the provision of superior quality health care to enrollees; (2) only award a National Performance Quality Award to Medicare+Choice organizations for plans that demonstrate superior quality in health care; (3) only award a State Performance Quality Award to Medicare+Choice organizations for plans that demonstrate the highest quality in health care furnished in the State; and (4) enter into an arrangement for the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to study clinical outcomes, performance, and quality of care under the Medicare+Choice program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: 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.
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: 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.
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: 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.
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Introduced in House