S. 5117 · 117th Congress
Medicare & You Handbook Improvement Act of 2022
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This bill specifically requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to describe the types of prior authorization requirements and other utilization management requirements that may apply under Medicare in the Medicare & You handbook, including how to inquire about requirements under Medicare Advantage (MA) or prescription drug plans.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Nov 17, 2022
Medicare & You Handbook Improvement Act of 2022
This bill specifically requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to describe the types of prior authorization requirements and other utilization management requirements that may apply under Medicare in the Medicare & You handbook, including how to inquire about requirements under Medicare Advantage (MA) or prescription drug plans. It also requires the handbook to include a description of the network sizes of MA plans and an illustrative example showing the impact of switching from an MA plan to Medicare on the ability to purchase Medigap supplemental policies.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Medicare & You Handbook Improvement Act of 2022
Latest action (Nov 17, 2022): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Nov 17, 2022
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.