Safe Testing at Residence Telehealth Act of 2021
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 13, 2021)
Safe Testing at Residence Telehealth Act of 2021
This bill provides for Medicare payment of certain at-home diagnostic tests and telehealth assessments that are provided in relation to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Specifically, during the public health emergency, the bill requires Medicare payment of diagnostic tests for respiratory conditions other than COVID-19 (e.g., influenza) that are used to finalize a COVID-19 diagnosis and of COVID-19 blood tests that are ordered via telehealth, as well as for related telehealth assessments, regardless of whether the practitioner who orders the test is the one who furnishes it and regardless of the location of the practitioner.
The bill requires practitioners to report specified demographic data with respect to such tests and services in order to receive payment, and prohibits payment for in-person tests that were already ordered via telehealth.
What just happenedJan 14, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJan 13, 2021
- Jan 14, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Jan 13, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Jan 13, 2021IntroReferralH11100
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.
Ways and Means Committee - Jan 13, 2021IntroReferralH11100
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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jan 13, 2021IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 13, 2021IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House