3.0.0 856 2019-02-20T23:05:11Z 2019-02-23T21:43:50Z Senate S S 2011-04-14 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-04-14T22:40:47Z 2011-04-14 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2531-3532) IntroReferral 2011-04-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2531) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-04-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N Health Business records Fraud offenses and financial crimes Freedom of information Government information and archives Health information and medical records Medical research Medicare Health 00 2011-04-14 Introduced in Senate 2011-06-14T21:13:44Z Medicare Spending Transparency Act of 2011 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), consistent with applicable information, privacy, security, and disclosure laws, to make public on the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services the following data with respect to SSA title XVIII (Medicare): (1) a complete list of service providers and suppliers participating in the Medicare program, including their business addresses; and (2) certain aggregate information about each provider and supplier.

Entitles a qualified individual or group, for health research and fraud detection purposes, to access to Medicare claims and payment data of both HHS and its contractors. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for the storage and use of data provided to such an individual or group.

]]> Medicare Spending Transparency Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Spending Transparency Act of 2011 Display Title Medicare Spending Transparency Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to make available to the public aggregate data on providers of services and suppliers under the Medicare program and to allow qualified individuals and groups access to claims and payment data under the Medicare program for purposes of conducting health research and detecting fraud. Introduced in Senate 2011-04-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s856is/xml/BILLS-112s856is.xml 2011-04-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2531-3532) 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.