Telehealth Access: Improving Specialty Care for Rural Medicare and Medicaid Users.
This Act mandates the testing of a new federal model designed to significantly improve access to specialist doctors for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries living in rural or underserved areas. The program achieves this by utilizing digital tools like telehealth, allowing patients to receive specialized care remotely, coordinated with their primary care provider. This aims to overcome geographical barriers to essential healthcare.
Key points
Establishes a pilot program (EASE Act Model) to deliver specialty health services using digital modalities (telehealth) to individuals in rural and underserved communities.
The program targets beneficiaries of Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) who face geographical barriers to specialty care.
Services must be provided by selected nonprofit networks comprising at least 50 rural health clinics or critical access hospitals, with at least half located in rural areas.
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