SENATE 413115th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act
- Last Action
- 2/16/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-16Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2017-02-16Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-16 (00)
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.)
Cosponsors (16)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Charles Grassley (R-IA)
- Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
- Roger Wicker (R-MS)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Thad Cochran (R-MS)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Susan Collins (R-ME)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Angus King (I-ME)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Cory Gardner (R-CO)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Thomas Carper (D-DE)
Subjects
- Medicare
- Prescription drugs
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