HEAT Act
Official title: A bill to provide payments for home health services furnished via visual or audio telecommunications systems during an emergency period.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2170)
Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth Act or the HEAT Act
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of home health services that are furnished via telehealth during a public health emergency, in accordance with specified requirements.
Specifically, the bill allows telehealth services to substitute for in-person home health services and to be considered as home health visits for purposes of payment under Medicare during a public health emergency. Such services (1) may not constitute more than 50% of the number of billable visits in a 30-day period, (2) must be furnished under a plan of care established by a practitioner with whom the beneficiary has an existing care relationship, and (3) must be furnished in accordance with the beneficiary's consent.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1309: HEAT Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1309/
"S. 1309: HEAT Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1309/.
S. 1309, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1309/.
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