Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act

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Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 8, 2016

Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit Medicare Prescription Drug Plan sponsors from retroactively reducing payment on clean claims submitted by pharmacies. (A "clean claim" is a Medicare claim that is free of defects such as incomplete documentation.)

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act

Latest action (Sep 12, 2016): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 8, 2016

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.