3.0.0 2812 2019-11-15T21:57:47Z 2019-11-15T21:57:47Z Senate S S 2008-04-03 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-03T20:43:11Z 2008-04-03 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-04-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2437-2438) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND N S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2008-04-03 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2008-04-09 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2008-04-30 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2008-05-12 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-06-05 False Health Department of Health and Human Services Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Government Operations and Politics Medicare Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Telemedicine Health 00 2008-04-03 Introduced in Senate 2008-04-16T19:44:27Z Medicare Telehealth Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to telehealth services to provide for: (1) an increase in the number of types of originating sites; (2) no facility fee for certain such sites; (3) expansion of practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services; and (4) changes in the process for updating the list of telehealth services.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to set up a Telehealth Advisory Committee to make recommendations on the appropriate addition or deletion of telehealth services and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes.

]]> Medicare Telehealth Improvement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Telehealth Improvement Act of 2008 Display Title Medicare Telehealth Improvement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the provision of telehealth services under the Medicare program. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2812is/xml/BILLS-110s2812is.xml 2008-04-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.