Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021

United States117th CongressS-150Senate
Updated: Feb 2, 2021

Summary

Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021 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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HR-2166: Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Senate

  2. Introduced in Senate

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