3.0.0 3078 2022-10-28T01:45:53Z 2022-10-28T01:45:53Z Senate S 2019-12-17 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-17T22:07:47Z 2019-12-17 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-12-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-12-17 True Health Accounting and auditing Administrative remedies Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Department of Health and Human Services Evidence and witnesses Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health information and medical records Health personnel Medicare Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement Health 00 2019-12-17 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-22T22:02:39Z Audit & Appeals Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in Medicare Act of 2019 or the AFIRM Act

This bill makes a series of administrative and procedural changes to the Medicare appeals process, such as authorizing the creation of Medicare magistrates to handle smaller claims and allowing adjudicators to consolidate cases under certain circumstances.

]]> AFIRM Act Display Title AFIRM Act Short Title(s) as Introduced AFIRM Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Audit & Appeals Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in Medicare Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the efficiency of the Medicare appeals process, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3078is/xml/BILLS-116s3078is.xml 2019-12-17 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.