A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to carve out from payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments and pay such amounts directly to those disproportionate share hospitals in which their enrollees receive care.
Managed Care Fair Payment Act of 1999 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) remove from payments to Medicare+Choice organizations those amounts attributable to disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments; and (2) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make direct payments to a DSH for any individual who is enrolled with a Medicare+Choice organization under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice).
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5165-5169)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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