[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR422.103]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 422--MEDICARE+CHOICE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C--Benefits and Beneficiary Protections
 
Sec. 422.103  Benefits under an M+C MSA plan.

    (a) General rule. An M+C organization offering an M+C MSA plan must 
make available to an enrollee, or provide reimbursement for, at least 
the services described under in Sec. 422.101 after the enrollee incurs 
countable expenses equal to the amount of the plan's annual deductible.
    (b) Countable expenses. An M+C organization offering an M+C MSA plan

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must count toward the annual deductible at least all amounts that would 
be paid for the particular service under original Medicare, including 
amounts that would be paid by the enrollee as deductibles or 
coinsurance.
    (c) Services after the deductible. For services received by the 
enrollee after the annual deductible is satisfied, an M+C organization 
offering an M+C MSA plan must pay, at a minimum, the lesser of the 
following amounts:
    (1) 100 percent of the expense of the services.
    (2) 100 percent of the amounts that would have been paid for the 
services under original Medicare, including amounts that would be paid 
by the enrollee as deductibles and coinsurance.
    (d) Annual deductible. The annual deductible for an M+C MSA plan--
    (1) For contract year 1999, may not exceed $6,000; and
    (2) For subsequent contract years may not exceed the deductible for 
the preceding contract year, increased by the national per capita growth 
percentage determined under Sec. 422.252(b).