mHealth Intelligence November 16, 2017
A bill to extend telehealth coverage in Medicare Advantage plans is included in this year’s Medicare extenders package. Several other telemedicine and telehealth bills, however, didn’t make the cut.
A proposed bill to boost telehealth coverage in Medicare Advantage plans is set for passage, while other bills that would loosen Medicare’s restrictions on telemedicine and telehealth – including expanding telestroke services – are likely doomed.
The Increasing Telehealth Access to Medicare Act (H.R. 3727) is included in this year’s Medicare extenders package, which was approved this week by the House Ways and Means Committee. The bill, introduced on Sept. 11 by US Reps. Diane Black (R-Tenn.), Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), Doris Matsui (D-Calif..) and Susan Brooks (R-Ind.), would enable MA plans...
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