117 S4050 IS: Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2022 U.S. Senate 2022-04-07 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.

II117th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 4050IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESApril 7, 2022Mr. Daines (for himself, Mr. King, Ms. Smith, and Mr. Scott of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on FinanceA BILLTo 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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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2022.

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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, 2023.