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Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act

This bill prohibits 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.)

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2019-04-02IntroReferralRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.Senate
2019-04-02IntroReferralIntroduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Health
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  • Medicare
  • Prescription drugs
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