Sec. 401. Use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services to provide basic benefits under Medicare part C
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Section 1852 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–22 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(1)(B)(i), by striking part, the term and inserting part, subject to subsection (m), the term ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: For plan year 2017 and subsequent plan years, the following shall apply: An MA plan may elect to use telehealth or remote patient monitoring services to provide benefits under the original medicare fee-for-service program option, including items or services furnished to treat medical or behavioral health conditions.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case where an MA plan elects to use telehealth or remote patient monitoring services to provide such benefits, with respect to enrollees, such services may be furnished without application of any provision under section 1834(m) or any other provision of this Act that applies a limitation on what qualifies as an originating site, any geographic limitation (subject to State licensing requirements), any limitation on the use of store-and-forward technologies, or any limitation on the type of health care provider who may furnish such services (provided the provider is a Medicare enrolled provider).
In the case where an MA plan makes such election under paragraph (1), the use of such telehealth or remote patient monitoring services shall be considered part of the provision of benefits under the original medicare fee-for-service program option for purpose of this part. In the case where an MA plan makes such election under paragraph (1), any benefits provided using such telehealth services shall continue to be made available in person to enrollees under the plan. An MA plan that makes such an election under paragraph
(1)with respect to a plan year shall provide to the Secretary (at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may specify) data on expenditures and utilization for telehealth or remote patient monitoring services under the plan for enrollees during that plan year. . Section 1854(a)(6)(A)(ii)(I) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–24(a)(6)(A)(ii)(I) ) is amended by inserting , including, for plan year 2017 and subsequent plan years, the use of telehealth or remote patient monitoring services to provide such benefits as described in section 1852(m) before the semicolon at the end. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the furnishing of items or services under the original Medicare fee-for-service program.
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Sec. 401
Use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services to provide basic benefits under Medicare part C
Cite42 USC 1395w–22
Cite42 USC 1395w–24(a)(6)(A)(ii)(I)
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