; or (bb) improve the quality of patient care without increasing spending. (ii) Eligible provider The term eligible provider means a physician (as defined in section 1861(r)) or a practitioner described in section 1842(b)(18)(C). (iii) Remote patient monitoring services The term remote patient monitoring services means clinical data transmitted from an applicable individual in one location via electronic communications technologies that are devices as defined in section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to an eligible provider in a different location and used by the eligible provider in furnishing such services to such individual that complies with the Federal regulations (concerning the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information) promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as part of an established plan of care for the applicable individual that includes the review and interpretation of that data by an eligible provider. Such term includes those services furnished in a Federally qualified health center or a rural health clinic. Such term shall not include a communication that consists solely of a telephone audio conversation, facsimile, or electronic text message between an eligible provider and the applicable individual. . (b) Expanding the use of remote patient monitoring services under alternative payment models Section 1848(b)(12) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(b)(12) ), as added by subsection (a), is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) Application to alternative payment models For purposes of applying this paragraph with respect to remote patient monitoring services furnished by an eligible provider participating in an alternative payment model (as defined in section 1833(z)(3)(C)), the term applicable individual shall mean any beneficiary assigned to the alternative payment model. . 7. Rural health clinics and Federally qualified health centers (a) Expansion of