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H.R. 2156: Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2015

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H.R. 2156: Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-30 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2015

Plain summary

Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) with respect to the practices of recovery audit contractors (RACs) under the Medicare program fin identifying underpayments and overpayments and recouping overpayments. Incentive payments to a RAC for recovery activities are prohibited for FY2015 and subsequent fiscal years. Payments for recovery activities shall be reduced, according to a sliding scale established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to any RAC with a complex audit denial rate at the end of a fiscal year, determined pursuant to a specified formula, that is .1% or greater. The one-year timely filing limit for certain rebilled SSAct title XVIII part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) claims is eliminated, extending the deadline for the rebill to 180 days after final denial of the claim. A determination of whether inpatient hospital services or inpatient critical access hospital services furnished to an individual are reasonable and necessary shall now be based solely on information available to the admitting physician at the time of the inpatient admission of the individual for such services, as documented in the medical record.

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Official text

Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] · 87 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Ami Bera (D-CA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and 27 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] reported raising $1.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Fiscal year
The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
Securities
Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2156 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114