Healthcare Finance News February 27, 2023
The legislation mandates that HHS, MedPAC and MACPAC each conduct a report and issue recommendations on telehealth.
The American Hospital Association has come out in support of bipartisan legislation, introduced in the House of Representatives, that would require the Department of Health and Human Services, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, and Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission to study expanded telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic and recommend potential enhancements to telehealth access and quality.
In a letter to Republican Ohio Representative Troy Balderson, the AHA said it backed H.R. 1110, the Knowing the Efficiency and Efficacy of Permanent (KEEP) Telehealth Options Act.
The legislation mandates that HHS, MedPAC and MACPAC each conduct a report and issue recommendations on telehealth....