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Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025

S. 1816 Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) In committee
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  1. Introduced May 20
  2. Committee May 20
  3. Passed Senate Next
  4. Passed House Not yet
  5. To President Not yet
  6. Law Not yet
Where it stands
In committee, May 20, 2025Next: Senate vote
525d ago May 20, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Summary

Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025

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This bill establishes several requirements and standards relating to prior authorization processes under Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.

Specifically, MA plans must (1) establish an electronic prior authorization program that meets specified standards; (2) annually submit to the CMS for publication specified prior authorization information, including the percentage of requests approved and the average response time; and (3) meet other standards, as set by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), relating to the quality and timeliness of prior authorization determinations.

The CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology must publish on the CMS' website a report that analyzes the information received from MA plans, the feasibility of implementing real-time decision making with respect to prior authorization requests, and the impact of decisions that are made using artificial intelligence on patient access.

Library of Congress summary, May 20, 2025

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  • Introduced in SenateMay 20, 2025

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