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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="9019" measure-id="id117hr9019" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-09-28" update-date="2023-02-09">
        <title>Medicare Advantage Consumer Protection and Transparency Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr9019v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2023-02-09">
            <action-date>2022-09-28</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
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     <p><b>Medicare Advantage Consumer Protection and Transparency Act</b></p> <p>This bill generally requires Medicare Advantage organizations to report additional information to the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services, including supplemental plan benefits, encounter data, and the number of coverage denials and prior authorization requests. Failure to comply with the bill's requirements may result in payment reductions.</p>
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        <dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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