Expanding Telehealth Access and Rules for Medical Equipment
This act aims to make telehealth services more accessible to citizens, including expanding the locations from which teleconsultations can be accessed. It also introduces new rules for ordering high-cost medical equipment and laboratory tests remotely, requiring a prior in-person visit in some cases.
Key points
Easier access to telehealth: Ability to receive teleconsultations from more locations, including home.
New rules for expensive equipment and tests: To order high-cost medical equipment or laboratory tests via telehealth, a prior in-person visit with a doctor may be required.
Support for health facilities: Facilitations for rural health clinics and Native American health facilities in providing telehealth services.
Telehealth extension after pandemic: Telehealth services will be available for two years after the end of the COVID-19 emergency period.
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