S. 3059 · 118th Congress
REAL Health Providers Act
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Requiring Enhanced & Accurate Lists of Health Providers Act or the REAL Health Providers Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Oct 17, 2023
Requiring Enhanced & Accurate Lists of Health Providers Act or the REAL Health Providers Act
This bill requires Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations to maintain directories of in-network providers and continually ensure their accuracy.
Specifically, MA organizations must publish on their websites an accurate directory of in-network providers and regularly update these directories. The bill additionally specifies that if a provider is listed as in-network in this directory when a beneficiary selects and makes an appointment with the provider, but the provider is not actually in-network, the beneficiary is still only responsible for paying in-network cost-sharing requirements.
MA organizations must annually evaluate and report on the accuracy of their directories; the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and MA organizations must publish this information on their websites. The bill provides funds for these purposes.
The Government Accountability Office must report on the bill's implementation.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: REAL Health Providers Act
Also known as: Requiring Enhanced & Accurate Lists of Health Providers Act
Latest action (Oct 17, 2023): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Oct 17, 2023
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.