Expanded Telehealth Access Act
This bill expands Medicare's coverage for telehealth services by adding new categories of healthcare providers who can deliver these services and receive payment. It directly affects Medicare beneficiaries seeking therapy services (like physical, occupational, speech, or audiologic therapy) via telehealth, as well as the therapists and assistants providing them. Key provisions include authorizing Medicare to pay for telehealth services provided by qualified audiologists, occupational therapists and their assistants (under supervision), physical therapists and their assistants (under supervision), and speech-language pathologists. The bill also allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to specify additional eligible providers for telehealth services under Medicare.
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Sep 2023
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Introduced Sep 21, 2023
Last action Sep 21, 2023
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Sep 21, 2023
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Sep 21, 2023
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1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
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