To amend the Social Security Act to require health maintenance organizations under the Medicare Program to disclose to enrollees and potential enrollees certain information on the credentials of physicians providing services by or through the organization, the financial status of the organization, and the compensation paid to officers and executives of the organization.
Medicare Managed Health Care Sunshine Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, to require a Medicare+Choice organization, upon request, to provide an eligible individual with descriptive information on physician credentialing.
Directs Medicare+Choice organizations to report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services certain financial information, including an audited financial statement of the organization for the most recently concluded fiscal year.
Provides for disclosure of the availability of such information to Medicare beneficiaries and prospective Medicare beneficiaries as part of the broad dissemination of information to promote an active, informed selection of the coverage options available under the available Medicare+Choice plans.
Applies the requirements of this Act to eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under Medicare in the same manner that they apply to Medicare+Choice organizations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E168)
Referred to House Ways and Means
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.
Referred to House Commerce
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
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