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FAST Act

Introduced: May 22, 2015 See on congress.gov

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May 22, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

May 22, 2015

Introduced in Senate

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Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act or the FAST Act

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) expand access to certain stroke telehealth services to any originating site at which the eligible telehealth individual is located at the time the service is furnished, regardless of where the site is located; and (2) waive the facility fee for certain such originating sites.

What's happening now May 22, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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