Common use of House Bill Clause in Contracts

House Bill. Section 200. Title II would establish the Medicare Enhanced Fee-for-Service (EFFS) program, under which Medicare beneficiaries would be provided access to a range of regional EFFS plans that could include preferred provider networks, beginning in 2006. It would establish the Medicare Advantage (MA) program, upon enactment, to replace the M+C program, which would continue to offer coordinated care and other plans on a county-wide basis as under current law. It would also use competitive bidding, beginning in 2010, in the same style as the Federal Employees Health Benefits program (FEHBP) for certain EFFS plans and MA plans, to promote greater efficiency and responsiveness to Medicare beneficiaries. Senate Bill Title II would establish the Medicare Advantage (MA) program, which would replace the M+C program, beginning in 2006. The MA program would continue to offer coordinated care and other plans on a county-wide basis as under current law. It would also establish regional PPOs, to be offered in regions. Beginning in 2008, it would establish a limited competition program, in areas designated as “highly competitive,”