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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="8505" measure-id="id117hr8505" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-07-26" update-date="2022-11-21">
        <title>To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the use of telehealth for purposes of recertification of eligibility for hospice care.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr8505v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-11-21">
            <action-date>2022-07-26</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
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     <p>This bill permanently allows, for purposes of hospice care recertification under Medicare, physicians and nurse practitioners to fulfill the requirement of a face-to-face encounter with the hospice patient via telehealth.</p>
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