1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Insurance Accountability and Transparency Act . 2. Requirement for group health plans and health insurance coverage to have in place a process to self-audit information listed in publicly accessible provider directories of such plans and coverage (a) PHSA (1) In general Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: D Other Market Reforms 2796. Process to self-audit information listed in publicly accessible provider directories (a) In general An entity specified in subsection (b), with respect to a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in the group or individual market, shall have in place a process under which, in order to self-audit the information listed in any publicly accessible provider directory for such plan or coverage, such entity— (1) contacts, not less than once every 6 months during each plan year, each provider listed in such directory to verify— (A) contact information listed in such directory with respect to such provider; and (B) the status of whether such provider is a provider within the network of such plan or coverage; and (2) in the case that such entity determines that any of the information described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) with respect to a provider listed in such directory of such plan or coverage is inaccurate, not later than 30 days after making such determination, corrects and updates such information in such directory. (b) Entity described For purposes of subsection (a), an entity described in this subsection is— (1) in the case of health insurance coverage or a group health plan this is not a self-insured plan, the health insurance issuer offering the health insurance coverage or the group health plan, respectively