[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3497 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3497

    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate a 
   provision under the Medicare Advantage program that inadvertently 
 penalizes Medicare Advantage plans for providing high quality care to 
                        Medicare beneficiaries.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2018

 Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. King) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate a 
   provision under the Medicare Advantage program that inadvertently 
 penalizes Medicare Advantage plans for providing high quality care to 
                        Medicare beneficiaries.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Advantage Quality Payment 
Relief Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. RELIEF FROM QUALITY BONUS PENALTY IN CALCULATION OF THE 
              MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLENDED BENCHMARK CAP.

    (a) In General.--Section 1853(n)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w-23(n)(4)) is amended by striking ``determined taking into 
account'' and inserting ``determined without regard to''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2019.
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