Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2020
United States116th CongressS-4840Senate
Updated: Oct 21, 2020
Summary
Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2020 This bill allows audio-only diagnoses that are made via telehealth to be used for purposes of determining risk adjustments to payments under Medicare Advantage. Additionally, the bill requires payments for Medicare telehealth services that are furnished during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to be made in the same amounts as those for in-person services.
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Timeline
Latest companion bill action
HR-7659: Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2020Introduced in House
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senate
Introduced in Senate
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