Sec. 505. Strategies to increase access to telehealth under Medicaid and CHIP
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and in the event updates are available, once every five years thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall update guidance issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to States, the State Medicaid & CHIP Telehealth Toolkit, or any successor guidance, to describe strategies States may use to overcome existing barriers and increase access to telehealth services under the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq. ) and the Children’s Health Insurance Program under title XXI of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq. ).
Such updated guidance shall include examples of and promising practices regarding— telehealth delivery of covered services; recommended voluntary billing codes, modifiers, and place-of-service designations for telehealth and other virtual health care services; strategies States can use for the simplification or alignment of provider credentialing and enrollment protocols with respect to telehealth across States, State Medicaid plans under title XIX, State child health plans under title XXI, Medicaid managed care organizations, prepaid inpatient health plans, prepaid ambulatory health plans, and primary care case managers, including during national public health emergencies; and strategies States can use to integrate telehealth and other virtual health care services into value-based health care models.
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