US Congress Senate Bill 584 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 26 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Better Efficiency and Administrative Simplification Act of 2015

Sen. John Thune [R-SD]

Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-26	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB289 (Same As) 2015-01-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB1021 (Related) 2015-03-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/584/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s584/BILLS-114s584is.pdf