New telemedicine advocates that waives restrictions on outdated Medicare telehealth coverage has been introduced into the Senate .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 Information Technologies ( CONNECT ) for Health providers , would save the government $ 1.8bn . The bill has three provisions : to establish a ' bridge mechanism ' that allows doctor exemptions from Medicare restrictions on the coverage of telehealth ; automatic adoption of alternative payment models ; and expansion of the coverage of remote patient monitoring technologies for ' chronic conditions ' providers .
New telemedicine legislation that waives restrictions on outdated Medicare telehealth coverage has been introduced into the Senate.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.