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S. 584 114th Congress Senate

Better Efficiency and Administrative Simplification Act of 2015

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide the option to receive Medicare Summary Notices electronically, to increase the flexibility an… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide the option to receive Medicare Summary Notices electronically, to increase the flexibility and transparency of contracts with medicare administrative contractors, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 26, 2015 Introduced by: John Thune Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Better Efficiency and Administrative Simplification Act of 2015

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow individuals the option to receive the Medicare Summary Notice (explanation of benefits) electronically.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) apply a similar option to other Medicare statements and notifications, and (2) provide such Medicare Summary Notice and any other such statements and notifications on a more frequent basis than is otherwise required under Medicare.

Extends from at least once every 5 years to at least once every 10 years the application of competitive procedures when the contract of a Medicare administrative contractor comes up for renewal.

Directs the Secretary, to the extent possible without compromising the process for entering into and renewing contracts with Medicare administrative contractors (MACs), to make available to the public the performance of each MAC with respect to requirements and measurement standards.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 289 Identical bill Better Efficiency and Administrative Simplification Act of 2015
  • HR 1021 Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 2015
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Feb 26, 2015
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