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<item congress="117" measure-type="s" measure-number="1309" measure-id="id117s1309" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2021-04-22" update-date="2021-09-17">
<title>Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id117s1309v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2021-09-17">
<action-date>2021-04-22</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth Act or the HEAT Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides for Medicare coverage of home health services that are furnished via telehealth during a public health emergency, in accordance with specified requirements.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill allows telehealth services to substitute for in-person home health services and to be considered as home health visits for purposes of payment under Medicare during a public health emergency. Such services (1) may not constitute more than 50% of the number of billable visits in a 30-day period, (2) must be furnished under a plan of care established by a practitioner with whom the beneficiary has an existing care relationship, and (3) must be furnished in accordance with the beneficiary's consent.</p>]]></summary-text>
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