,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aa1       
#bjah,mr4 ,kelly of ,pennsylvania 7for  
himself and ,mr4 ,guthrie7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,energy and ,commerce1 for a period to  
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,health and ,human ,services to conduct 
a study and submit to ,congress a report
 on the feasibility of using certain    
technologies to facilitate the          
administration of prior authorization   
requirements under part ,c of the       
,medicare program4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,prior   
,authorization ,process ,improvement    
,act4  #b4 ,study on applying certain   
technologies to the administration of   

part ,c prior authorization requirements
 under the ,medicare program  7a7 ,in   
general ,not later than #ab months after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,secretary of ,health and ,human   
,services 7in this section referred to  
as the ,secretary7 shall conduct a study
 and submit to ,congress a report on the
 feasibility of ,medicare ,advantage    
organizations and providers and         
suppliers of services 7as defined in    
section #ahfa of the ,social ,security  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciex77 using      
certain technologies to facilitate the  
administration of prior authorization   
requirements under ,medicare ,advantage 
plans offered by such organizations     
under part ,c of title ,,xviii of the   
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciew-#ba et seq474  7b7 ,advisory     
panel  7#a7 ,in general ,in conducting  
the study described in subsection 7a71  
the ,secretary shall consult with an    
advisory panel convened by the          
,secretary4  7#b7 ,selection ,the       

,secretary shall select members of the  
panel convened under paragraph 7#a74    
,such members shall include             
representatives of--  7,a7 ,medicare    
,advantage organizations2  7,b7         
providers and suppliers of services2    
7,c7 technology vendors2  7,d7 entities 
advocating on behalf of individuals     
entitled to benefits under part ,a of   
title ,,xviii of the ,social ,security  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acie;c et seq47 or 
enrolled under part ,b of such title of 
such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acie;j et     
seq472 and  7,e7 standard setting       
organizations 7as defined in section    
#aaga7h7 of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#acbj;d-#a7h7774  7c7 ,report contents  
,the report described in subsection 7a7 
shall include the following3  7#a7 ,a   
description of existing technologies    
that may be used to facilitate the      
administration of prior authorization   
requirements under part ,c of title     
,,xviii of the ,social ,security ,act4  
7#b7 ,an evaluation of the utilization  

of such technologies by providers and   
suppliers of services and ,medicare     
,advantage organizations with respect to
 individuals described in subsection    
7b77#b77;,d7 or not described in such   
subsection4  7#c7 ,a cost-benefit       
analysis with respect to the use of such
 technologies by such providers and     
suppliers of services and such ,medicare
 ,advantage organizations4  7#d7 ,an    
evaluation of the feasibility of        
,medicare ,advantage organizations and  
providers and suppliers of services     
potentially using such technologies     
under part ,c of the ,medicare program4 
7#e7 ,recommendations on how to improve 
the administration of such requirements 
through the use of technology4