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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · S. 1261 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes. · Sec. 303

Sec. 303. Ensuring the inclusion of telehealth in measuring quality of care

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Section 1890A of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395aaa–1 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall review quality measures to ensure inclusion of measures relating to telehealth services, including care, prevention, diagnosis, patient experience, health outcomes, and treatment. In conducting the review and assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult external technical experts in quality measurement, including patient organizations, providers, and experts in telehealth.
The review and assessment under this subsection shall— include review of existing and under development quality measures to identify measures that are currently inclusive of, and measures that fail to account for, telehealth services; identify gaps in areas of quality measurement that relate to telehealth services, including health outcomes and patient experience of care; and assess how to effectively streamline, implement, and assign accountability for health outcomes for quality measures for telehealth services across health care settings and providers.
The Secretary shall issue technical guidance on the following for health care providers and other stakeholders, as determined appropriate by the Secretary: How to stratify measures by care modality and population to identify differences in health outcomes. The use of uniform data elements. How to identify and catalogue best practices related to the use of quality measurement and quality improvement for telehealth services. Other areas determined appropriate by the Secretary. Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to Congress and post on the internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a report on the review and assessment conducted under this subsection. .
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