HR 1785 · in committee · significant
Preventing Medicare Telefraud Act
- healthcare
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
Started by Cosponsor
- 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?
- 02
What evidence supports the premise that in-person visits reduce fraudulent lab test and medical equipment orders compared to current telehealth oversight methods?
- 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
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.
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.
2025-03-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-03-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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