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.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Health
Accounting and auditingAdministrative remediesCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEvidence and witnessesFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelMedicarePerformance measurementPublic contracts and procurement
AFIRM Act
USA116th CongressS-3078| Senate
| Updated: 12/17/2019
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.
Accounting and auditingAdministrative remediesCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEvidence and witnessesFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelMedicarePerformance measurementPublic contracts and procurement