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HOUSE 803116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act

Last Action
3/1/2019

Actions

  • 2019-03-01Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • 2019-01-28Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • 2019-01-25Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2019-01-25Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2019-01-25Introduced in House
  • 2019-01-25Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-01-25 (00)

Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act

This bill prohibits 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.)

Cosponsors (20)

  • H. Griffith (R-VA)
  • Earl Carter (R-GA)
  • Cathy Rodgers (R-WA)
  • Doug Collins (R-GA)
  • Ron Estes (R-KS)
  • Eric Crawford (R-AR)
  • Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
  • Roger Marshall (R-KS)
  • Bradley Byrne (R-AL)
  • Mo Brooks (R-AL)
  • LLOYD DOGGETT (D-TX)
  • John Joyce (R-PA)
  • Martha Roby (R-AL)
  • Robert Latta (R-OH)
  • Rick Allen (R-GA)
  • Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
  • J. Hill (R-AR)
  • Jared Golden (D-ME)
  • John Sarbanes (D-MD)
  • Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA)

Subjects

  • Medicare
  • Prescription drugs
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