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Ensuring the Integrity of the Medicare Program Act of 2006

Introduced: July 25, 2006 Introduced by: Crapo, Mike Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 25, 2006
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring the Integrity of the Medicare Program Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program for audits of Medicare secondary payer claims and activities.

Requires the Secretary of Labor to provide for access by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMS) and recovery audit contractors conducting audit and recovery activities under this Act to: (1) the National Directory of New Hires database; and (2) the database of the CMMS Coordination of Benefits Contractor with respect to specified audit and recovery periods.

What's happening now July 25, 2006

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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