New Telehealth Bills Roll in
With a new administration in Washington came a slew of new and re-introduced telehealth bills,
The Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act, a bill aiming to make permanent some emergency access and coverage rules put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, was reintroduced by Congressional Telehealth Caucus members and once again earned the support of the American Telemedicine Association.
The act specifies that Medicare will reimburse providers for either ordering a test . to an eligible telehealth individual an amount equal to the amount that such physician or practitioner would have been paid for a diagnostic laboratory test, or furnishing an assistive telehealth consultation to an eligible telehealth individual an amount equal to the amount that a physician or practitioner would have been paid for such telehealth service.