title: Medicare program; explanation of enrollee rights and other provisions applicable to health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans--HCFA. Final rule.
abstract: This rule revises current Medicare requirements relating to health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans. It eliminates the requirement that an organization enroll two new Medicare beneficiaries for each present Medicare enrollee converted from a cost to a risk contract (the "two-for-one" rule), expands the amount and type of information which an organization must provide to enrollees, and requires annual notice of enrollees' rights under the plan. This rule also authorizes HCFA to terminate a contract with an organization for noncompliance with the composition of enrollment standard requiring that no more than 50 percent of an organization's membership be comprised of Medicare or Medicaid enrollees (hereinafter referred to as the "50/50 rule") and authorizes sanctions when an organization fails to comply with the 50/50 rule or the terms of any waiver or exception to that rule. These provisions conform our regulations with changes made by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Acts of 1986, 1987 and 1989.
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003256:Community Participation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016536:Competitive Medical Plans / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003284:Contract Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States