HR 8755 116th Congress House Health Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health technology, devices, supplies Hearing, speech, and vision care Home and outpatient care Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare

Expanded Telehealth Access Act

Introduced: November 16, 2020 See on congress.gov

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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Nov 16, 2020

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expanded Telehealth Access Act

This bill permanently allows audiologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and other providers designated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide telehealth services under Medicare, and includes specified related services as eligible Medicare telehealth services.

Currently, the CMS is authorized to waive requirements for Medicare telehealth services during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), and it has done so to allow all providers that are otherwise eligible to furnish in-person services under Medicare to also furnish telehealth services.

What's happening now November 16, 2020

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