3.0.0 1079 2023-01-11T13:19:01Z 2023-01-11T13:19:01Z Senate S S 2009-05-19 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-05-19T22:08:28Z Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2009 111 2501 HR 2009-05-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2009-05-19 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-05-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2009-05-19 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2009-05-19 True U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2009-05-19 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2009-05-19 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2009-07-06 False Health Health care costs and insurance Health facilities and institutions Medicare Health 00 2009-05-19 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-01T15:41:47Z Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to reasonable cost reimbursement contracts with qualified health maintenance organizations (HMOs) or competitive medical plans for Medicare reimbursement of hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).

Extends until January 1, 2013, the period during which such reasonable cost reimbursement contracts can remain in the market.

Revises conditions for approval of an application for a modification to a reasonable cost contract to expand the contract's service area.

Applies to extended or renewed reasonable cost contracts certain requirements under Medicare part C (Medicare Advantage).

]]> Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2009 Display Title Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend reasonable cost contracts under the Medicare program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1079is/xml/BILLS-111s1079is.xml 2009-05-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.