114 STAT. 2763A-466 PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX F Sec. 522. Revisions to medicare coverage process. Subtitle D—Improving Access to New Technologies Sec. 531. Reimbursement improvements for new clinical laboratory tests and durable medical equipment. Sec. 532. Retention of HCPCS level III codes. Sec. 533. Recognition of new medical technologies under inpatient hospital PPS. Subtitle E—Other Provisions Sec. 541. Increase in reimbursement for bad debt. Sec. 542. Treatment of certain physician pathology services under medicare. Sec. 543. Extension of advisory opinion authority. Sec. 544. Change in annual MedPAC reporting. Sec. 545. Development of patient assessment instruments. Sec. 546. GAO report on impact of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) on hospital emergency departments. Sec. 547. Clarification of application of temporary payment increases for 2001. TITLE VI—PROVISIONS RELATING TO PART C (MEDICARE+CHOICE PROGRAM) AND OTHER MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROVISIONS Subtitle A—Medicare+Choice Payment Reforms Sec. 601. Increase in minimum payment amount. Sec. 602. Increase in minimum percentage increase. Sec. 603. Phase-in of risk adjustment. Sec. 604. Transition to revised Medicare+Choice payment rates. Sec. 605. Revision of payment rates for ESRD patients enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans. Sec. 606. Permitting premium reductions as additional benefits under Medicare+Choice plans. Sec. 607. Full implementation of risk adjustment for congestive heart failure enroU- ees for 2001. Sec. 608. Expansion of application of Medicare+Choice new entry bonus. Sec. 609. Report on inclusion of certain costs of the Department of Veterans Affairs and military facility services in calculating Medicare+Choice payment rates. Subtitle B—Other Medicare+Choice Reforms Sec. 611. Payment of additional amounts for new benefits covered during a contract term. Sec. 612. Restriction on implementation of significant new regulatory requirements midyear. Sec. 613. Timely approval of marketing material that follows model marketing language. Sec. 614. Avoiding duplicative regulation. Sec. 615. Election of uniform local coverage policy for Medicare+Choice plan covering multiple localities. Sec. 616. Eliminating health disparities in Medicare+Choice program. Sec. 617. Medicare+Choice program compatibility with employer or union group health plans. Sec. 618. Special medigap enrollment antidiscrimination provision for certain beneficiaries. Sec. 619. Restoring effective date of elections and changes of elections of Medicare+Choice plans. Sec. 620. Permitting ESRD beneficiaries to enroll in another Medicare+Choice plan if the plan in which they are enrolled is terminated. Sec. 621. Providing choice for skilled nursing facility services under the Medicare+Choice program. Sec. 622. Providing for accountability of Medicare+Choice plans. Sec. 623. Increased civil money penalty for Medicare+Choice organizations that terminate contracts mid-year. Subtitle C—Other Managed Care Reforms Sec. 631. One-year extension of social health maintenance organization (SHMO) demonstration project. Sec. 632. Revised terms and conditions for extension of medicare community nursing organization (CNO) demonstration project. Sec. 633. Extension of medicare municipal health services demonstration projects. Sec. 634. Service area expansion for medicare cost contracts during transition period.
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