3.0.0 1307 2023-01-11T16:32:43Z 2023-01-11T16:32:43Z Senate S S 2007-05-03 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-03T22:29:00Z Medicare Provider Accountability Act 110 4287 HR 2008-02-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. Identical bill CRS 2007-05-03 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5601) IntroReferral 2007-05-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5600-5601) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN N L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2007-05-03 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2007-05-03 True C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2007-06-11 False Health Administrative remedies Collection of accounts Hospital care Law Medicare Social Welfare Tax administration Tax liens Tax refunds Taxation Health 00 2007-05-03 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-11T21:39:29Z Medicare Provider Accountability Act - Directs the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to: (1) take all necessary steps to participate in the Federal Payment Levy Program as soon as possible; and (2) ensure that at least 50% of all payments under parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act are processed through such program within one year of enactment of this Act, and all remaining payments within two years.

Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to offset Medicare provider payments by the amount of the provider's delinquent federal debt.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make notice and opportunity for hearing before levy requirements inapplicable if the Secretary of the Treasury has approved a levy on specified (Medicare provider) payments.

]]> Medicare Provider Accountability Act Display Title Medicare Provider Accountability Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to include Medicare provider payments in the Federal Payment Levy Program, to require the Department of Health and Human Services to offset Medicare provider payments by the amount of the provider's delinquent Federal debt, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Provider Accountability Act Introduced in Senate 2007-05-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1307is/xml/BILLS-110s1307is.xml 2007-05-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5601) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.