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Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021
Introduced: February 2, 2021
Introduced by:
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Democratic
· Nevada
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 2, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 2, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021
This bill allows audio-only diagnoses that are made via telehealth to be used for purposes of determining risk adjustments to payments under Medicare Advantage. Additionally, the bill requires payments for Medicare telehealth services that are furnished during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to be made in the same amounts as those for in-person services.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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