3.0.0 584 2023-01-11T13:28:17Z 2023-01-11T13:28:17Z Senate S 2015-02-26 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-26T19:24:48Z Better Efficiency and Administrative Simplification Act of 2015 114 289 HR 2015-01-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 2015 114 1021 HR 2015-03-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2015-02-26 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-02-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2015-02-26 True Health Government information and archives Health information and medical records Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Medicare Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement Health 00 2015-02-26 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-19T14:37:16Z Better Efficiency and Administrative Simplification Act of 2015

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow individuals the option to receive the Medicare Summary Notice (explanation of benefits) electronically.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) apply a similar option to other Medicare statements and notifications, and (2) provide such Medicare Summary Notice and any other such statements and notifications on a more frequent basis than is otherwise required under Medicare.

Extends from at least once every 5 years to at least once every 10 years the application of competitive procedures when the contract of a Medicare administrative contractor comes up for renewal.

Directs the Secretary, to the extent possible without compromising the process for entering into and renewing contracts with Medicare administrative contractors (MACs), to make available to the public the performance of each MAC with respect to requirements and measurement standards.

]]> Better Efficiency and Administrative Simplification Act of 2015 Display Title Better Efficiency and Administrative Simplification Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide the option to receive Medicare Summary Notices electronically, to increase the flexibility and transparency of contracts with medicare administrative contractors, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Better Efficiency and Administrative Simplification Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s584is/xml/BILLS-114s584is.xml 2015-02-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.