3.0.0 150 2023-12-05T14:56:19Z 2023-12-05T14:56:19Z Senate S 2021-02-02 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-02T17:35:26Z Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021 117 2166 HR 2021-03-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2021-02-02 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-02-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV N S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2021-02-02 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2021-03-23 False B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2021-03-23 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2021-05-13 False S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2021-05-13 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2021-05-19 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2021-06-07 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2021-06-22 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-07-19 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2021-09-27 False Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Telephone and wireless communication Health 00 2021-02-02 Introduced in Senate 2021-06-01T13:49:20Z Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021

This bill allows audio-only diagnoses that are made via telehealth to be used for purposes of determining risk adjustments to payments under Medicare Advantage. Additionally, the bill requires payments for Medicare telehealth services that are furnished during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to be made in the same amounts as those for in-person services.

]]> Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021 Display Title Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the inclusion of certain audio-only diagnoses in the determination of risk adjustment for Medicare Advantage plans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s150is/xml/BILLS-117s150is.xml 2021-02-02 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.