{"id":21992,"date":"2023-10-30T10:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T14:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21992"},"modified":"2023-10-30T10:01:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T14:01:03","slug":"senators-want-to-bust-medicare-advantage-ghost-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21992","title":{"rendered":"Senators want to bust Medicare Advantage &#8216;ghost&#8217; networks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Rylee Wilson for<em> Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lawmakers are introducing a bill to crack down on inaccurate provider directories in Medicare Advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sens. Thom Tillis, Ron Wyden and Michael Bennet introduced the Requiring Enhanced &amp; Accurate Lists of (REAL) Health Providers Act, which would strengthen requirements for Medicare Advantage plans to maintain accurate directories, according to an Oct. 27 news release from Mr. Tillis.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/policy-updates\/senators-want-to-bust-medicare-advantage-ghost-networks.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/policy-updates\/senators-want-to-bust-medicare-advantage-ghost-networks.html\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"96\" class=\"wp-image-15015\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dreamstime_m_80061013legislation-law-bill-congress-senate-act-resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dreamstime_m_80061013legislation-law-bill-congress-senate-act-resized.jpg 583w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dreamstime_m_80061013legislation-law-bill-congress-senate-act-resized-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Rylee Wilson for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Lawmakers are introducing a bill to crack down on inaccurate provider directories in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,9],"tags":[564,62,939],"class_list":["post-21992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislative-update","category-medicare-advantage","tag-healthcare-network-provider","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-requiring-enhanced-accurate-lists-of-health-providers-act"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21993,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21992\/revisions\/21993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}