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Introduced
03/19/2013
03/19/2013
In Committee
04/22/2013
04/22/2013
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2015
01/03/2015
Introduced Session
113th Congress
Bill Summary
Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a process which subjects to a single, combined maximum annual limit, applied incrementally, the number of additional documentation requests made to a hospital by Medicare administrative contractors, recovery audit contractors, or Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program contractors pursuant to prepayment and postpayment audits requiring a hospital to submit a medical record for audit purposes. Directs the Secretary also to establish a distinct additional documentation request limit, computed according to a specified formula, for each hospital claim type for each hospital for a 45-day period in a year. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the Medicare Integrity Program and use of recovery audit contractors. Requires the Secretary to ensure that recovery audit contracts include certain mandatory terms and conditions pertaining to: (1) penalties for certain compliance failures, (2) penalties for overturned appeals, (3) postpayment and prepayment audits, and (4) guidelines for prepayment review. Directs the Secretary to publish on the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services information on recovery audit contractor performance regarding: (1) audit rates, denials, and appeals outcomes; and (2) independent performance evaluations. Deems to be an original claim for Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) payment a resubmitted hospital claim for Medicare part A payment for inpatient hospital services which a recovery audit contractor determines: (1) were not medically necessary and reasonable based on the site of service, but (2) would be medically necessary and reasonable in an outpatient setting of the hospital. Requires payment to be made for such a resubmitted claim for all furnished items and services for which payment may be made under Medicare part B. Deems to be a reopened claim, for purposes of a hospital's ability to resubmit a claim for Medicare payment in timely fashion, any claim that is the subject of an audit by a recovery audit contractor or a Medicare administrative contractor. Requires contracts for a recovery audit contractor to require that a physician review each denial of a claim for medical necessity made by an employee of the contractor who is not a physician. Subjects to administrative and judicial review the Secretary's compliance with guidelines for reopening and revising benefit determinations.
AI Summary
This bill, the Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013, aims to improve the Medicare audit process for hospitals by establishing limits on the number of additional documentation requests (ADRs) that Medicare contractors, including Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs), and Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) contractors, can make. It sets a combined annual limit for ADRs per hospital and a distinct limit for each hospital claim type within 45-day periods, calculated based on a percentage of hospital discharges. The bill also mandates specific terms for RAC contracts, requiring penalties for compliance failures and overturned appeals, and focusing audits on widespread payment errors. To increase transparency, it requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish performance data on RACs, including audit rates, denials, and appeal outcomes. Furthermore, it allows for resubmitted hospital claims for inpatient services denied due to site of service issues, but found medically necessary as outpatient services, to be treated as original Medicare Part B claims for payment. Finally, it ensures that denials of medical necessity by non-physician reviewers are validated by a physician and allows for administrative and judicial review of the Secretary's adherence to guidelines for reopening and revising benefit determinations.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (233)
Sam Graves (R)*,
Robert Aderholt (R),
Robert Andrews (D),
Spencer Bachus (R),
Ron Barber (D),
Lou Barletta (R),
Andy Barr (R),
John Barrow (D),
Joe Barton (R),
Joyce Beatty (D),
Ami Bera (D),
Sanford Bishop (D),
Timothy Bishop (D),
Marsha Blackburn (R),
Bruce Braley (D),
Mo Brooks (R),
Susan Brooks (R),
Corrine Brown (D),
Julia Brownley (D),
Larry Bucshon (R),
Cheri Bustos (D),
G. Butterfield (D),
Bradley Byrne (R),
Shelley Moore Capito (R),
Michael Capuano (D),
John Carter (R),
Steve Chabot (R),
Jason Chaffetz (R),
Katherine Clark (D),
Lacy Clay (D),
Emanuel Cleaver (D),
Howard Coble (R),
Mike Coffman (R),
Steve Cohen (D),
Tom Cole (R),
Chris Collins (R),
K. Michael Conaway (R),
Gerry Connolly (D),
Jim Costa (D),
Tom Cotton (R),
Joe Courtney (D),
Kevin Cramer (R),
Rick Crawford (R),
Ander Crenshaw (R),
Henry Cuellar (D),
Steve Daines (R),
Rodney Davis (R),
Susan Davis (D),
Charles Dent (R),
Scott DesJarlais (R),
Mario Diaz-Balart (R),
Sean Duffy (R),
Jeff Duncan (R),
John Duncan (R),
Donna Edwards (D),
Keith Ellison (D),
William Enyart (D),
Anna Eshoo (D),
Elizabeth Esty (D),
Blake Farenthold (R),
Sam Farr (D),
Stephen Fincher (R),
Chuck Fleischmann (R),
Bill Flores (R),
J. Randy Forbes (R),
Jeff Fortenberry (R),
Bill Foster (D),
Rodney Frelinghuysen (R),
Marcia Fudge (D),
Tulsi Gabbard (D),
Pete Gallego (D),
John Garamendi (D),
Christopher Gibson (R),
Bob Goodlatte (R),
Paul Gosar (R),
Kay Granger (R),
Tom Graves (R),
Gene Green (D),
Michael Grimm (R),
Brett Guthrie (R),
Luis Gutiérrez (D),
Ralph Hall (R),
Colleen Hanabusa (D),
Richard Hanna (R),
Gregg Harper (R),
Andy Harris (R),
Vicky Hartzler (R),
Doc Hastings (R),
Brian Higgins (D),
Jim Himes (D),
Rubén Hinojosa (D),
Rush Holt (D),
Tim Huelskamp (R),
Jared Huffman (D),
Steve Israel (D),
Bill Johnson (R),
Hank Johnson (D),
David Jolly (R),
Walter Jones (R),
Dave Joyce (R),
Bill Keating (D),
Joseph Kennedy (D),
Dan Kildee (D),
Derek Kilmer (D),
Peter King (R),
Steve King (R),
Ann Kirkpatrick (D),
Ann Kuster (D),
Raúl Labrador (R),
Doug LaMalfa (R),
Doug Lamborn (R),
James Langevin (D),
Tom Latham (R),
Bob Latta (R),
Barbara Lee (D),
Frank LoBiondo (R),
David Loebsack (D),
Zoe Lofgren (D),
Billy Long (R),
Alan Lowenthal (D),
Nita Lowey (D),
Blaine Luetkemeyer (R),
Ben Ray Luján (D),
Michelle Lujan Grisham (D),
Cynthia Lummis (R),
Daniel Maffei (D),
Sean Maloney (D),
Tom Marino (R),
Thomas Massie (R),
Jim Matheson (D),
Doris Matsui (D),
Vance McAllister (R),
Michael McCaul (R),
Betty McCollum (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
Mike McIntyre (D),
Howard McKeon (R),
David McKinley (R),
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R),
Mark Meadows (R),
Luke Messer (R),
Michael Michaud (D),
Candice Miller (R),
Jeff Miller (R),
Gwen Moore (D),
James Moran (D),
Markwayne Mullin (R),
Richard Neal (D),
Randy Neugebauer (R),
Richard Nugent (R),
Devin Nunes (R),
Alan Nunnelee (R),
Pete Olson (R),
William Owens (D),
Steven Palazzo (R),
Ed Pastor (D),
Donald Payne (D),
Stevan Pearce (R),
Ed Perlmutter (D),
Scott Perry (R),
Scott Peters (D),
Collin Peterson (D),
Thomas Petri (R),
Chellie Pingree (D),
Mark Pocan (D),
Ted Poe (R),
Jared Polis (D),
Mike Pompeo (R),
Mike Quigley (D),
Nick Rahall (D),
Reid Ribble (R),
Tom Rice (R),
Martha Roby (R),
David Roe (R),
Hal Rogers (R),
Mike Rogers (R),
Todd Rokita (R),
Thomas Rooney (R),
Dennis Ross (R),
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),
Edward Royce (R),
Raul Ruiz (D),
Dutch Ruppersberger (D),
Bobby Rush (D),
Tim Ryan (D),
Matt Salmon (R),
Loretta Sanchez (D),
Steve Scalise (R),
Adam Schiff (D),
Brad Schneider (D),
Austin Scott (R),
David Scott (D),
F. James Sensenbrenner (R),
Pete Sessions (R),
Terri Sewell (D),
Carol Shea-Porter (D),
Bill Shuster (R),
Mike Simpson (R),
Kyrsten Sinema (I),
Albio Sires (D),
Louise Slaughter (D),
Jason Smith (R),
Lamar Smith (R),
Jackie Speier (D),
Steve Stivers (R),
Steve Stockman (R),
Eric Swalwell (D),
Mark Takano (D),
Lee Terry (R),
Bennie Thompson (D),
Mac Thornberry (R),
John Tierney (D),
Scott Tipton (R),
David Valadao (R),
Juan Vargas (D),
Marc Veasey (D),
Filemón Vela (D),
Peter Visclosky (D),
Ann Wagner (R),
Greg Walden (R),
Jackie Walorski (R),
Randy Weber (R),
Daniel Webster (R),
Peter Welch (D),
Lynn Westmoreland (R),
Ed Whitfield (R),
Roger Williams (R),
Frederica Wilson (D),
Joe Wilson (R),
Rob Wittman (R),
Steve Womack (R),
Kevin Yoder (R),
Don Young (R),
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 04/22/2013)
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| Document Type | Source Location | Created |
|---|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1250/all-info | 04/25/2013 |
| BillText | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr1250ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr1250ih.pdf | 04/25/2013 |
| Bill | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr1250ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr1250ih.pdf.pdf | 04/03/2013 |
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