Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Pub. L. 110–275

US Codex doesn’t hold the enacted text of this law — the public-law corpus runs from the 113th Congress (2013) onward. What it changed in the U.S. Code, reconstructed from the credit notes, is listed below.

74 sections of the Code credited to this law, found between Public Law 110-180 and Public Law 110-460.

• 31 U.S.C. § 3716 — Administrative offset
• 42 U.S.C. § 254c-2 — 254c–2. Special diabetes programs for type I diabetes
• 42 U.S.C. § 254c-3 — 254c–3. Special diabetes programs for Indians
• 42 U.S.C. § 280g-6 — 280g–6. Chronic kidney disease initiatives
• 42 U.S.C. § 603 — Grants to States
• 42 U.S.C. § 674 — Payments to States
• 42 U.S.C. § 1316 — Administrative and judicial review of public assistance determinations
• 42 U.S.C. § 1320b-14 — 1320b–14. Outreach efforts to increase awareness of the availability of medicare cost-sharing and subsidies for low-income individuals under subchapter XVIII
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395b-10 — 1395b–10. Addressing health care disparities
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395i-4 — 1395i–4. Medicare rural hospital flexibility program
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395k — Scope of benefits; definitions
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395l — Payment of benefits
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395m — Special payment rules for particular items and services
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395n — Procedure for payment of claims of providers of services
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395u — Provisions relating to the administration of part B
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-3 — 1395w–3. Competitive acquisition of certain items and services
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-4 — 1395w–4. Payment for physicians’ services
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-21 — 1395w–21. Eligibility, election, and enrollment
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-22 — 1395w–22. Benefits and beneficiary protections
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-23 — 1395w–23. Payments to Medicare+Choice organizations
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-27 — 1395w–27. Contracts with Medicare+Choice organizations
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-27a — 1395w–27a. Special rules for MA regional plans
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-28 — 1395w–28. Definitions; miscellaneous provisions
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-102 — 1395w–102. Prescription drug benefits
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-104 — 1395w–104. Beneficiary protections for qualified prescription drug coverage
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-112 — 1395w–112. Requirements for and contracts with prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-113 — 1395w–113. Premiums; late enrollment penalty
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-114 — 1395w–114. Premium and cost-sharing subsidies for low-income individuals
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395x — Definitions
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395y — Exclusions from coverage and medicare as secondary payer
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395aa — Agreements with States
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395bb — Effect of accreditation
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395cc — Agreements with providers of services; enrollment processes
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395kk — Administration of insurance programs
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395ll — Studies and recommendations
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395mm — Payments to health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn — Limitation on certain physician referrals
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395rr — End stage renal disease program
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395ss — Certification of medicare supplemental health insurance policies
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395ss-1 — 1395ss–1. Clarification
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395ww — Payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395yy — Payment to skilled nursing facilities for routine service costs
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395aaa — Contract with a consensus-based entity regarding performance measurement
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395eee — Payments to, and coverage of benefits under, programs of all-inclusive care for elderly (PACE)
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395iii — Medicare Improvement Fund
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396a — State plans for medical assistance
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396d — Definitions
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396p — Liens, adjustments and recoveries, and transfers of assets
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396r-4 — 1396r–4. Adjustment in payment for inpatient hospital services furnished by disproportionate share hospitals
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396u-3 — 1396u–3. State coverage of medicare cost-sharing for additional low-income medicare beneficiaries
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396u-5 — 1396u–5. Special provisions relating to medicare prescription drug benefit
• 42 U.S.C. § 254c–2 — Special diabetes programs for type I diabetes
• 42 U.S.C. § 254c–3 — Special diabetes programs for Indians
• 42 U.S.C. § 280g–6 — Chronic kidney disease initiatives
• 42 U.S.C. § 1320b–14 — Outreach efforts to increase awareness of the availability of medicare cost-sharing and subsidies for low-income individuals under subchapter XVIII
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395b–10 — Addressing health care disparities
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395i–4 — Medicare rural hospital flexibility program
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w–3 — Competitive acquisition of certain items and services
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w–4 — Payment for physicians’ services
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w–21 — Eligibility, election, and enrollment
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w–22 — Benefits and beneficiary protections
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w–23 — Payments to Medicare+Choice organizations
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w–27 — Contracts with Medicare+Choice organizations
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w–27a — Special rules for MA regional plans
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w–28 — Definitions; miscellaneous provisions
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w–102 — Prescription drug benefits
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w–104 — Beneficiary protections for qualified prescription drug coverage
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w–112 — Requirements for and contracts with prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w–113 — Premiums; late enrollment penalty
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395w–114 — Premium and cost-sharing subsidies for low-income individuals
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395ss–1 — Clarification
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396r–4 — Adjustment in payment for inpatient hospital services furnished by disproportionate share hospitals
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396u–3 — State coverage of medicare cost-sharing for additional low-income medicare beneficiaries
• 42 U.S.C. § 1396u–5 — Special provisions relating to medicare prescription drug benefit