Bill > S4375

This bill, the Telehealth Modernization Act, aims to make permanent certain telehealth flexibilities under the Medicare program that were initially authorized during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The bill expands access to telehealth services by allowing rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers to serve as the distant site (the location of the healthcare practitioner) and the home of a beneficiary to serve as the originating site (the location of the beneficiary) for all services. It also allows all types of practitioners, as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to furnish telehealth services. Additionally, the bill retains the expanded list of telehealth services and the subregulatory process used to modify the services during the emergency period, and enhances telehealth services for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics both during and after the emergency period. The bill also allows for the use of telehealth, when clinically appropriate, to conduct face-to-face encounters for hospice care and home dialysis.