Healthcare Innovation October 31, 2019
Rajiv Leventhal

Progress has been made, but legislators believe that Medicare should expand its coverage for telehealth services

Six U.S. senators have introduced legislation aimed to expand the use of telehealth services through Medicare.

If the legislation sounds familiar, there’s a good reason why. The bill, The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2019, will be the third attempt to pass this particular legislation; the CONNECT for Health Act was initially introduced in 2016 and again in 2017 but both times it did not pass Congress.

Senators Schatz (D-HI), Wicker (R-MS), Cardin (D-MD), Thune (R-SD), Warner (D-VA) and Hyde-Smith (R-MS) on Oct. 30 introduced the latest iteration of this...

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Topics: Congress / White House, Digital Health, Govt Agencies, Health System / Hospital, Insurance, Medicare, Payment Models, Physician, Post-Acute Care, Primary care, Provider, Regulations, Technology, Telehealth
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