Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2014
Latest action · Aug 1, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 31, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 31, 2014 to Dec 3, 2014; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Original | Jul 31, 2014 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Jul 31, 2014 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Sep 15, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Sep 15, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Nov 13, 2014 | |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Nov 13, 2014 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Nov 13, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Nov 13, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Dec 3, 2014 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 31, 2014 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Aug 1, 2014 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 31, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 31, 2014Introduced in House
- Jul 31, 2014Referred 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7188.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage under the Medicare program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Allied health services
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Hearing, speech, and vision care
- Home and outpatient care
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medicare
- Rural conditions and development
- Telephone and wireless communication
- User charges and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 31, 2014Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
