New telemedicine legislation that waives restrictions on outdated Medicare telehealth coverage has been introduced into the Senate. A Washington think tank, Third Way, predicts the bill, called Health Act (CONNECT) for the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies, would save the government $1.8bn. The bill has three provisions: to establish a 'bridge program' that allows doctor exemptions from Medicare restrictions on the coverage of telehealth; automatic exemptions of alternative payment models; and expansion of the coverage of remote patient monitoring technologies for 'chronic conditions' patients.
New telemedicine legislation that waives restrictions on outdated Medicare telehealth coverage has been introduced into the Senate. A Washington think tank, Third Way, predicts the bill, called the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act, would save the government $1.8bn. The bill has three provisions: to establish a 'bridge program' that allows doctor exemptions from Medicare restrictions on the coverage of telehealth; automatic exemptions of alternative payment models; and expansion of the coverage of remote patient monitoring technologies for 'chronic conditions' patients.