Access to Telehealth Services for Substance Use Disorders Act 2018-06-12 Reported to House amended, Part I Access to Telehealth Services for Substance Use Disorders Act

This bill authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to waive certain requirements with respect to payment for telehealth services provided to a Medicare beneficiary who is receiving treatment for a substance-use disorder or a co-occurring mental-health disorder.

]]> 2018-04-24 Introduced in House Access to Telehealth Services for Opioid Use Disorders Act

This bill authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to waive certain requirements with respect to payment for telehealth services provided to a Medicare beneficiary who is receiving treatment for an opioid-use disorder or a co-occurring mental-health disorder.

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