S 2774
111th Congress
Senate
Health
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Medicare
Fighting Medicare Payment Fraud Act of 2009
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 16, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 16, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11385-11386)
Nov 16, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Fighting Medicare Payment Fraud Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to extend to up to 365 calendar days for particular categories of service providers or suppliers the number of days in which Medicare claims are required to be paid in order to ensure that they are clean claims.
Limits such extension to categories of service providers or suppliers, such categories in a certain geographic area, or individual service providers or suppliers about which the Secretary has determined that there is a likelihood of fraud, waste, or abuse involving them.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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