US Congress House Bill 289 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health 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

Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]
Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-01-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-01-13	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-01-13	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-01-13	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
2015-01-13	House	Introduced in House

HB1021 (Related) 2015-03-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB584 (Same As) 2015-02-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB2 (Related) 2015-04-16 - Became Public Law No: 114-10. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/289/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr289/BILLS-114hr289ih.pdf