A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require medicare administrative contractors, unified program integrity contractors, and qualified independent contractors to pay the legal fees for certain durable medical equipment suppliers that were incorrectly denied payment.

This bill would change Medicare rules so that certain government contractors responsible for processing and reviewing Medicare claims would have to pay the legal fees of durable medical equipment suppliers — companies that provide items like wheelchairs, oxygen equipment, and hospital beds — when those suppliers were wrongly denied payment. No official summary is available for this bill.

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