Medicare Contractor Reform Amendments of 1996
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 7, 1997)
Medicare Contractor Reform Amendments of 1996 (sic) - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make specified changes in the way Medicare administers its contracts for administrative operations. Provides chiefly among such changes for: (1) augmenting the types of entities eligible to serve as carriers under the program; (2) allowing service providers their periodic choice of fiscal intermediaries; (3) repealing certain contract termination, cost reimbursement, and non-cost-effective fiscal intermediary requirements; and (4) requiring competition in cases of certain new contracts and in cases involving poor contract performance.
Waives competition requirements in specified circumstances.
What just happenedJan 22, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJan 7, 1997
- Jan 22, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Jan 16, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Jan 7, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee - Jan 7, 1997IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
- Jan 7, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jan 7, 1997IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 7, 1997IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House