US Congress House Bill 5380 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Introduced on July 31 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-08-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with regard to payment for telehealth services to include in the term "originating site" additional sites, including any federally qualified health center and any rural health clinic, at which the eligible telehealth individual is located at the time the service is furnished via a telecommunications system. Prohibits application of the originating site facility fee to the additional sites. Authorizes additional telehealth providers, including a certified diabetes educator or licensed respiratory therapist, audiologist, occupational therapist, physical therapist, or speech language pathologist. Extends Medicare coverage to remote patient management services for certain chronic health conditions. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the effectiveness of remote patient monitoring on decreasing hospital readmissions for specified chronic conditions, and the savings to the Medicare program associated with use of such monitoring. Authorizes home telehealth sites as additional originating sites. Directs GAO to study the effectiveness of using described telehealth services between therapy providers and patients, any associated savings, and the potential for greater use of telehealth services for other forms of therapy Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and implement payment methods to apply in the case of anyone who would be an eligible telehealth individual except that the telehealth services are furnished at a site other than an originating site.

Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2014

Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-08-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-07-31	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2014-07-31	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2014-07-31	House	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5380/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5380/BILLS-113hr5380ih.pdf