legislation: 105-hr-4674

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105-hr-4674 105 hr 4674 Medicare+Choice Medical Necessity Protection Act of 1998 Health 1998-10-01 1998-10-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] CA D S000810 7 Medicare+Choice Medical Necessity Protection Act of 1998 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit Medicare+Choice organizations from arbitrarily interfering with or altering the decision of the treating physician regarding the manner or setting in which particular services are delivered to an enrollee under a Medicare+Choice plan if the services are medically necessary or appropriate for treatment or diagnosis that is otherwise a covered benefit. 2025-08-21T16:13:19Z  

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