Exclusion of providers that place additional restrictions on Medicare exchange health plan patients from Federal health care programs

Section 1128(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (18) Placement of restrictions on Medicare Exchange health plan patients Any individual or entity that places restrictions on the individuals the individual or provider will accept for treatment and fails to either— (A) exempt enrollees in the Medicare Exchange health plan established under title XXII from such restrictions; or (B) apply such restrictions to enrollees in the Medicare Exchange health plan in the same manner and to the same extent the restrictions are applied to all other individuals seeking care..