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HR 1407 · in committee · major

Permanent Telehealth from Home Act

What this bill does

  • Allows Medicare patients to receive telehealth services from any location, including their home.
  • Affects Medicare beneficiaries and healthcare providers offering telehealth services.
  • Makes permanent a temporary policy change with no specified cost or implementation timeline.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would permanently allowing Medicare patients to receive telehealth from home affect healthcare access in rural areas versus urban centers?

  2. 02

    What safeguards would prevent Medicare fraud or ensure quality care when telehealth visits occur in uncontrolled home environments?

  3. 03

    How might making this telehealth policy permanent impact overall Medicare spending compared to maintaining the current temporary arrangement?

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Sponsor · R-FL-16

Vern Buchanan

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Introduced 2025-02-18

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-18 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  2. 2025-02-18 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-02-18 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-02-18 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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