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HR 1785 · in committee · significant

Preventing Medicare Telefraud Act

What this bill does

  • Medicare will require an in-person visit within six months before paying for expensive lab tests or medical equipment ordered through telehealth.
  • Medicare patients and doctors providing telehealth services are affected by these new payment conditions.
  • The rule takes effect for Medicare claims submitted under individual provider identification numbers starting after enactment.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would requiring an in-person visit within six months affect Medicare patients in rural areas with limited access to in-person medical facilities?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports the premise that in-person visits reduce fraudulent lab test and medical equipment orders compared to current telehealth oversight methods?

  3. 03

    Which healthcare providers and suppliers would face the greatest financial burden from patients needing in-person visits before telehealth-ordered equipment becomes Medicare-covered?

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Sponsor · D-TX-37

Lloyd Doggett

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Introduced 2025-03-03

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-03-03 · 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. 2025-03-03 · 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. 2025-03-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-03-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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