S 3308
114th Congress
Senate
Health
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act
Introduced: September 12, 2016
Introduced by:
Capito, Shelley Moore
Republican
· West Virginia
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 12, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 12, 2016
Introduced in Senate
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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