Medicare Contractor Reform Amendments of 1996

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Medicare Contractor Reform Amendments of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make various specified changes in the way Medicare administers its contracts for administrative operations. Provides chiefly among such changes for: (1) augmenting the types of entities eligible to serve as carriers under the program; (2) allowing service providers their periodic choice of fiscal intermediaries; (3) repealing certain contract termination, cost reimbursement, and non-cost-effective fiscal intermediary requirements; and (4) requiring competition in cases of certain new contracts and in cases involving poor contract performance. Waives competition requirements in specified circumstances.…