Ensuring the Integrity of the Medicare Program Act of 2006
Latest action · Jul 25, 2006 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 25, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ensuring the Integrity of the Medicare Program Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program for audits of Medicare secondary payer claims and activities.
Requires the Secretary of Labor to provide for access by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMS) and recovery audit contractors conducting audit and recovery activities under this Act to: (1) the National Directory of New Hires database; and (2) the database of the CMMS Coordination of Benefits Contractor with respect to specified audit and recovery periods.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 25, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Jul 25, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 25, 2006Introduced in Senate
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