To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into contracts with recovery audit contractors to perform prepayment reviews under the Medicare program.

This bill would change the Medicare section of the Social Security Act to let the Secretary of Health and Human Services hire special contractors called "recovery audit contractors" to check Medicare claims before they are paid, rather than only reviewing them after payment has already been made. No official summary is available for this bill.

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