Strengthen Medicare Advantage by restoring accountability, reducing unnecessary barriers to care, and ensuring seniors receive timely, high-quality care.

The Medicare Advantage Improvement Act will restore accountability, reduce unnecessary barriers, and ensure that seniors receive timely, high-quality care.

Joyce commits to Medicare Advantage reforms that reduce prior authorization barriers and improve seniors' access to care.

Dr. Joyce Introduces the Medicare Advantage Improvement Act (MAIA) | Representative John Joyce
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Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania introduced H.R. 8375, the Medicare Advantage Improvement Act of 2026, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for certain reforms under the Medicare Advantage program.

Joyce introduced legislation to reform Medicare Advantage.

H.R. 8375 (IH) - Medicare Advantage Improvement Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr8375ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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introduced H.R.8375, the Medicare Advantage Improvement Act (MAIA), bipartisan legislation aimed at strengthening the Medicare Advantage program and ensuring seniors receive timely, reliable access to the care they have earned and deserve

Joyce introduced the Medicare Advantage Improvement Act to strengthen Medicare Advantage and improve seniors' access to care.

Dr. Joyce Introduces the Medicare Advantage Improvement Act (MAIA)
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introduced H.R.8375, the Medicare Advantage Improvement Act (MAIA), bipartisan legislation aimed at strengthening the Medicare Advantage program and ensuring seniors receive timely, reliable access to the care they have earned and deserve.

Joyce introduced the Medicare Advantage Improvement Act to strengthen Medicare Advantage and improve seniors' access to care.

Media | Representative John Joyce
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Congressman John Joyce introduced H.R. 8375, the Medicare Advantage Improvement Act (MAIA), describing it as bipartisan legislation aimed at strengthening Medicare Advantage and ensuring seniors receive timely, reliable access to care. The release says the bill would “restore accountability, reduce unnecessary barriers, and ensure that seniors receive timely, high-quality care,” and cites excessive prior authorization and inappropriate coverage denials as the problem it targets.

Direct introduction of a bill matching the claim’s substance; this is concrete legislative action in the same term, but the evidence available here shows introduction rather than enactment or implementation.

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Dr. Joyce Introduces the Medicare Advantage Improvement Act (MAIA) | Representative John Joyce
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CMS said that as of January 1, 2026, impacted payers across Medicare Advantage, Medicaid/CHIP, and Marketplace plans must send prior authorization decisions within 72 hours for expedited requests and 7 calendar days for standard requests. CMS also said electronic prior authorization interfaces will go live on January 1, 2027, and that the policies are intended to reduce burden and improve accountability and access to care.

This is not Joyce-specific, but it is an authoritative contemporaneous federal action that advances the same policy direction—faster decisions, less administrative burden, and more accountability in prior authorization.

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Moving Prior Authorization into the 21st Century | CMS
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CMS announced an Electronic Prior Authorization Acceleration initiative with 29 early adopters and said the initiative is meant to address workflow, technical, and operational barriers, increase visibility into authorization status and decisions, reduce reliance on manual processes, and support readiness ahead of January 1, 2027 requirements.

Shows active federal progress toward streamlining prior authorization and reducing barriers to care; it supports that the policy environment is moving in the same direction, though it does not show Joyce’s bill was enacted.

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CMS Announces Early Adopters to Advance Solutions for Electronic Prior Authorization, Accelerating Momentum Ahead of 2027 Requirements | CMS
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