H.R. 4841 · 115th Congress
Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- David Schweikert
- Introduced
- 2018-01-18
- Latest action
- 2018-06-12 · Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-747, Part I.
Summary
Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018
This bill requires Medicare's electronic-prescription program to provide for the secure electronic transmittal of a prior authorization request from a Medicare enrollee's prescribing health-care professional with respect to a drug covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.