3.0.0 6719 2022-01-06T17:18:07Z 2022-01-06T17:18:07Z House H HR 2012-12-30 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. THOMPSON of California:H.R. 6719.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the UnitedStates Constitution.____________________[Page H7469]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2013-01-02T21:32:08Z Referred to 2012-12-30T19:00:35Z hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-12-30T19:00:30Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-12-30T19:00:25Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-12-30T19:00:20Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-12-30T19:00:15Z 2013-01-02 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2012-12-30 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2012-12-30 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2012-12-30 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2012-12-30 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2012-12-30 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2012-12-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-12-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000460 Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1] MIKE THOMPSON D CA 1 N Health Child health Computers and information technology Dental care Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Hearing, speech, and vision care Home and outpatient care Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medicare Military medicine Sex and reproductive health Veterans' medical care Women's health Health 00 2012-12-30 Introduced in House 2013-02-15T17:27:09Z Telehealth Promotion Act of 2012 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) and other specified federal law to declare that services provided via telecommunications systems under Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP (SSA titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI) as well as under federal employees health, dental, and vision benefit programs, TRICARE, and the program of health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall be covered under such programs to the same extent as if furnished in the same location of the beneficiary.

Amends SSA title XVIII to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in order to provide a positive incentive for certain hospitals to lower their excess readmission ratios for inpatient services, to make an additional payment to a hospital in a proportion that provides for a sharing of the savings from better-than-expected performance between the hospital and the Medicare program.

Authorizes the Secretary, in the case of a state that has amended its Medicaid plan to provide coordinated care through a health home for individuals with chronic conditions, to contract with the state medical assistance agency to serve eligible individuals with chronic conditions who select a designated provider, a team of health care professionals operating with such a provider, or a health team as the individual's health home.

Authorizes the Secretary to contract with a national or multi-state regional center of excellence with a network of affiliated local providers to provide through one or more medical homes for targeted, accessible, continuous, and coordinated care to individuals under Medicare and Medicaid with a long-term illness or medical condition that requires regular medical treatment, advising, and monitoring.

Authorizes an Accountable Care Organization to include coverage of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services as supplemental health care benefits to the same extent as a Medicare Advantage plan is permitted to provide such coverage.

Recognizes telehealth services and remote patient monitoring in the national pilot program on payment bundling.

Directs the Secretary to provide for an increase in the standard prospective payment amount applicable to home health services furnished using remote patient monitoring.

Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 to include telehealth and remote patient monitoring services as part of a care transition intervention proposal under the Medicare Community-Based Care Transitions Program.

Amends SSA title XIX to give states an option to provide coordinated care for enrollees with high-risk pregnancies and births. Directs the Secretary to survey states electing this option on its nature, extent, and use as it pertains to, among other things, terms of pregnancies, use of prenatal fetal monitoring, and use of Caesarean section procedures.

]]> Telehealth Promotion Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Telehealth Promotion Act of 2012 Display Title Telehealth Promotion Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced To promote and expand the application of telehealth under Medicare and other Federal health care programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2012-12-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr6719ih/xml/BILLS-112hr6719ih.xml 2013-01-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.