Sec. 403. Extending Medicare telehealth flexibilities
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Section 1834(m)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(C) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: With respect to telehealth services furnished beginning on the first day after the end of the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of this clause, the term originating site means any site at which the eligible telehealth individual is located at the time the service is furnished via a telecommunications system, including the home of an individual. . Such section is amended— in paragraph (2)(B)— in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking clause
(ii)and inserting clauses
(ii)and
(iii); and by adding at the end the following new clause: With respect to telehealth services furnished on or after the date of the enactment of this clause, a facility fee shall only be paid under this subparagraph to an originating site that is described in paragraph (4)(C)(ii) (other than subclause
(X)of such paragraph). ; in paragraph (4)(C)— in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting and clause
(iii)after and
(7); and in clause (ii)(X), by inserting prior to the first day after the end of the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) before the period; in paragraph (5), by inserting and prior to the first day after the end of the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) after January 1, 2019, ; in paragraph (6)(A), by inserting and prior to the first day after the end of the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), after January 1, 2019, ; and in paragraph (7), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to services furnished on or after the first day after the end of the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B). . Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m) ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking (described in section 1842(b)(18)(C)) and inserting (defined in paragraph (4)(E)) ; and in paragraph (4)(E)— by striking and inserting “ Practitioner .—The term Practitioner .— Subject to subparagraph (B), the term ; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: The Secretary, after consulting with stakeholders regarding services that are clinically appropriate, may expand the types of practitioners who may furnish telehealth services to include any health care professional that is eligible to bill the program under this title for their professional services. . Section 1834(m)(4)(F) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(F) ) is amended— in clause (i), by inserting and clause
(iii)after paragraph
(8); in clause (ii), by striking The Secretary and inserting Subject to clause (iii), the Secretary ; and by adding at the end the following new clause: With respect to telehealth services furnished after the last day of the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), the Secretary may— retain as appropriate the expanded list of telehealth services specified in clause
(i)pursuant to the waiver authority under section 1135(b)(8) during such emergency period; and retain the subregulatory process used to modify the services included on the list of such telehealth services pursuant to clause
(ii)during such emergency period. . Section 1834(m)(8) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(8) ) is amended— in the paragraph heading by inserting after and after ; during in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting and after after During ; and in the first sentence of subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting and after after during . Section 1814(a)(7)(D)(i)(II) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)(7)(D)(i)(II) ) is amended by inserting and after such emergency period as clinically appropriate after 1135(g)(1)(B) . Clause
(iii)of section 1881(b)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395rr(b)(3)(B) ) is amended— by moving such clause 4 ems to the left; and by inserting and after such emergency period as clinically appropriate before the period. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the Secretary may implement the provisions of, and amendments made by, this section by interim final rule, program instruction, or otherwise.
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