Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2008

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Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act regarding telehealth services (furnished via a telecommunication system by a physician to an enrolled individual).

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 22, 2008

Removes current geographic restrictions on the provision of such services.

Adds to the types of facilities authorized to participate in the telehealth program.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage and facilitate the adoption of state reciprocity agreements for practitioner licensure in order to expedite the provision of telehealth services across state lines.

Directs the Secretary to include as a home health visit for Medicare purposes telehealth services furnished an individual by a home health agency.

Provides for coverage of remote patient management services, including home health remote patient management services, for certain chronic health conditions.

Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration project to evaluate the impact and benefits of covering remote patient management services for certain chronic health conditions.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (of the Health Resources and Services Administration), to make grants to expand access via telehealth to health care services for individuals in medically underserved rural, frontier, and urban areas.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2008

Latest action (Jun 2, 2008): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: May 22, 2008

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.