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This bill, titled the Expanded Telehealth Access Act, aims to broaden the range of healthcare professionals who can be reimbursed for providing telehealth services under Medicare, the federal health insurance program for individuals aged 65 and older, and certain younger people with disabilities. Specifically, it amends existing law to include occupational therapy assistants and physical therapist assistants as eligible practitioners for telehealth payments, ensuring they receive appropriate reimbursement. The bill also clarifies that "practitioner" for telehealth purposes will now encompass qualified audiologists, qualified occupational therapists and their assistants, qualified physical therapists and their assistants, qualified speech-language pathologists, facilities providing certain diagnostic or therapeutic services via telehealth, and any other provider or supplier designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services who is enrolled in Medicare and offers telehealth services.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3834/all-info