mHealth Intelligence June 16, 2021
A new bill before the Senate aims to eliminate a Medicare requirement that a person in need of telemental health treatment see a provider in person before using telehealth.
A new bill before the Senate aims to eliminate a Medicare requirement that requires beneficiaries to see a provider in person before beginning telemental health treatment.
The Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021, introduced this week by US Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Tina Smith (D-MN), John Thune (R-SD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), addresses a provision tucked into last year’s Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 that has many telehealth advocates and healthcare providers up in arms. The provision requires providers to have seen their patients in person within the prior...
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