HR 5951
114th Congress
House
Health
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act
Introduced: September 8, 2016
Introduced by:
Griffith, H. Morgan
Republican
· Virginia
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 12, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 8, 2016
Referred 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.
Sep 8, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.)
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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