3.0.0 2197 2023-01-11T13:29:31Z 2023-01-11T13:29:31Z Senate S 2015-10-22 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-10-22T18:50:38Z Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2015 114 2579 HR 2015-06-16 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 116. Related bill CRS Seniors' Health Care Plan Protection Act of 2015 114 2582 HR 2015-06-18 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2015-10-22 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-10-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID N B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2015-10-22 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2015-10-22 True Health Accounting and auditing Digestive and metabolic diseases Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health information and medical records Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Health 00 2015-10-22 Introduced in Senate 2016-09-15T21:33:43Z Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2015

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to periodically revise the Medicare Advantage (MA) risk adjustment system, such that an individual's risk score takes into account the number of chronic conditions with which the individual has been diagnosed.

In addition, CMS must evaluate the impacts to the system of: (1) using two years of data, (2) removing diagnostic codes related to chronic kidney disease, and (3) modifying the use of encounter data (information on services furnished to MA enrollees). If CMS subsequently determines that any of these revisions would better reflect the population served, CMS shall make such revisions. Before doing so, however, CMS must: (1) ensure that the changes do not prevent an MA organization from performing activities that are consistent with national health policy goals, and (2) provide an opportunity for review and public comment.

]]> Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2015 Display Title Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the risk adjustment under the Medicare Advantage program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2197is/xml/BILLS-114s2197is.xml 2015-10-22 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.