Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 8804
Medicare Payment Integrity Enhancement Act of 2026
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Introduced 2026-05-13Topic: health care · governance ethics · budgetSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would allow Medicare to contract with recovery audit contractors to review payment claims before they are paid, not only after. Contractors doing these prepayment reviews would be paid using a method set by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, based on the amount of improper payments they prevented. The money to pay them would be transferred from the Medicare hospital and medical insurance trust funds. Contracts for prepayment review would have to be in place within 1 year of the law taking effect, and the Secretary would have to issue rules within 1 year describing how contractors are paid and how savings are calculated.
Sponsors
- Lloyd Smucker Republican sponsor
- 0 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-13 | 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. | refer |
| 2026-05-13 | 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. | refer |
| 2026-05-13 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2026-05-13 | Introduced in House | introduce |