United States · Bill · S
S. 988 (116th)
Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act
Introduced
2 April 2019
Last action
2 April 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV], Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT], Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS], Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR], Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN], Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act This bill prohibits Medicare prescription drug plan sponsors from retroactively reducing payment on clean claims submitted by pharmacies. (A clean claim is a Medicare claim that is free of defects such as incomplete documentation.)
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Timeline
2 April 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
2 April 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 2 April 2019 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/988
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/988
- us · 116-s-988 · source updated 5 December 2025