Healthcare DIVE September 15, 2017
Dive Brief:
- The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously passed legislation (H.R. 3726) that would make telehealth a core benefit in Medicare Advantage plans.
- “This bill is about upgrading current law to not just allow but actually to encourage the use of telehealth technology to bring the best healthcare possible to our seniors, while also working to address those skyrocketing healthcare costs,” Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) was quoted in FierceHealthcare..
- The Increasing Telehealth Access in Medicare Act is among a number of bills garnering bipartisan support in this Congress.
Dive Insight:
On Wednesday, the House Energy and Commerce health subcommittee approved two health IT bills.
The first, the Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine (FAST) Act (H.R. 1148), would...
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