Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on May 20, 2025, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 146 words.
Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025 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.
- Committees
- Senate Finance Committee
- Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 221 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 2,074 words
- Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory proceduresComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesGovernment information and archivesHealth care coverage and access +2 more
- Latest action
- May 20, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 3514 Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025 R · Reported