This bill would allow Veteran Affairs (VA) providers to provide services to VA beneficiaries located in another state and who are not in a federal facility if telemedicine is used.
The intent of these bills is to amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to stroke telehealth under the Medicare program.
The intent of this bill is to permit certain Medicare providers licensed in a State to provide telemedicine services to certain Medicare beneficiaries in a different state.
This bill seeks to expand the types of eligible facilities to act as an originating site and not be limited by the existing geographic restrictions imposed in the Medicare program through a phase-in approach. Each successive phase builds upon the previous stages, expanding geographical eligibility for sites while still including the previously approved locations as viable originating sites.
The intent of this bill is to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine. If passed, this bill would allow health care professionals who are employed by, or have contracts with, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to be able to treat VA patients in any state using telemedicine, even if neither the provider nor the patient is physically located in a facility owned by the federal government.
