114 STAT. 2763A-554 PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX F (3) Section 423(a)(2)(B) (relating to ambulance services). (4) Section 425(b)(2) (relating to durable medical equipment). (5) Section 426(b)(2) (relating to prosthetic devices and orthotics and prosthetics). TITLE VI—PROVISIONS RELATING TO PART C (MEDICARE+CHOICE PRO- GRAM) AND OTHER MEDICARE MAN- AGED CARE PROVISIONS Subtitle A—Medicare+Choice Payment Reforms SEC. 601. INCREASE IN MINIMUM PAYMENT AMOUNT. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1853(c)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 1395w- 23(c)(1)(B)) is amended— (1) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iv); (2) by inserting after clause (i) the following new clauses: "(ii) For 1999 and 2000, the minimum amount determined under clause (i) or this clause, respectively, for the preceding year, increased by the national per capita Medicare+Choice growth percentage described in paragraph (6)(A) applicable to 1999 or 2000, respectively. "(iii)(I) Subject to subclause (II), for 2001, for any area in a Metropolitan Statistical Area with a population of more than 250,000, $525, and for any other area $475. "(II) In the case of an area outside the 50 States and the District of Columbia, the amount specified in this clause shall not exceed 120 percent of the amount determined under clause (ii) for such area for 2000."; and (3) in clause (iv), as so redesignated— (A) by striking "a succeeding year" and inserting "2002 and each succeeding year"; and (B) by striking "clause (i)" and inserting "clause (iii)". (b) SPECIAL RULE FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF 2001. — (1) IN GENERAL. — Notwithstanding the amendments made by subsection (a), for purposes of making payments under section 1853 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-23) for January and February 2001, the annual Medicare+Choice capitation rate for a Medicare+Choice pa5mrient area shall be calculated, and the excess amount under section 1854(f)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-24(f)(1)(B)) shall be determined, as if such amendments had not been enacted. (2) CONSTRUCTION.— Paragraph (1) shall not be taken into account in computing such capitation rate for 2002 and subsequent years. SEC. 602. INCREASE IN MINIMUM PERCENTAGE INCREASE. (a) IN GENERAL.-^ection 1853(c)(1)(C) (42 U.S.C. 1395w- 23(c)(1)(C)) is amended—
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