Permanent Telehealth from Home Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove geographic requirements and expand originating sites for telehealth services under the Medicare program.
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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.
Permanent Telehealth from Home Act
This bill permanently allows any site to serve as an originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) for purposes of Medicare telehealth services, including a beneficiary's home.
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- AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
- SIRONA STRATEGIES LLC
- ATA ACTION
- ADVANCED POLICY CONSULTING, LLC
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
- ADVANCED POLICY CONSULTING, LLC
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- White House Office
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Natl Economic Council (NEC)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1407: Permanent Telehealth from Home Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1407/
"H.R. 1407: Permanent Telehealth from Home Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1407/.
H.R. 1407, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1407/.
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