H.R. 4287 would include Medicare provider payments in the Federal Payment Levy Program, and it would require the Department of Health and Human Services to offset Medicare provider payments by the amount of the provider's delinquent Federal debt.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log inMedicare Provider Accountability Act - Directs the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to: (1) take all necessary steps to editparticipate in the wikiFederal Payment Levy Program as soon as possible; and be(2) ensure that at least 50% of all payments under parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the firstSocial Security Act are processed through such program within one year of enactment of this Act, and all remaining payments within two years.

Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide a detailed summaryoffset Medicare provider payments by the amount of the bill!)provider's delinquent federal debt.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make notice and opportunity for hearing before levy requirements inapplicable if the Secretary of the Treasury has approved a levy on specified (Medicare provider) payments.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 12/5/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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