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HR 1614 · in committee · significant

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program.

What this bill does

  • This bill permanently allows four types of health practitioners to provide telehealth services through Medicare.
  • Audiologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists are newly eligible to use telehealth.
  • The change takes effect upon enactment with no specified cost impact or funding mechanism outlined.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How might expanding telehealth eligibility to audiologists and therapists affect access to care in rural or underserved areas where these practitioners are scarce?

  2. 02

    What evidence exists that these four practitioner types can deliver safe, effective care through telehealth versus in-person visits?

  3. 03

    Since the bill includes no cost estimate, how could Medicare's budget be affected if telehealth use by these practitioners increases significantly?

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Sponsor · R-PA-16

Mike Kelly

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Introduced 2025-02-26

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-26 · 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. 2025-02-26 · 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. 2025-02-26 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-02-26 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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