To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase data transparency for supplemental benefits under Medicare Advantage.

Q: What does Preamble of To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase data transparency for supplemental benefits under Medicare Advantage. do?

This bill proposes to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act. The stated purpose is to increase data transparency for supplemental benefits under Medicare Advantage.

Q: What does INCREASING DATA TRANSPARENCY FOR SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS UNDER of To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase data transparency for supplemental benefits under Medicare Advantage. do?

This section amends Section 1857(e) of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations to submit enrollee-level data on supplemental benefits to the Secretary. Beginning with plan years starting on or after January 1, 2029, MA organizations must provide data including eligibility, types of benefits offered, utilization, and payments for supplemental benefits. The Secretary will make the submitted data available to individuals and entities for evaluations, analysis, and health care research starting October 1st of each year, beginning in 2030. A public use data file containing the data will be made available on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website, also starting October 1st of each year, beginning in 2030. The Secretary must implement procedures to safeguard the privacy of individually identifiable enrollee information when making data available. This section clarifies that the amendments do not affect existing information collection activities related to a notice published in the Federal Register on March 14, 2023.

Last updated: 6/25/2026 · Introduced: 9/10/2025

Author: Jennifer McClellan (D-VA)

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This bill mandates Medicare Advantage organizations to submit detailed enrollee-level data on supplemental benefits to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, starting in 2029.
The Secretary will publicly release this data for research and analysis, beginning in 2030, while safeguarding individual enrollee privacy.
The bill ensures that these data reporting requirements do not interfere with existing information collection activities related to a 2023 Federal Register notice.

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