Bill/
Sponsor |
SB
2505
Sen. Jeffords
|
HB
1344
Rep. Nussles
|
SB
700
Sen. Conrad
|
HB
3420
Rep. Bilbray
|
SB
980
Sen. Baucus |
| Fees |
SEC.
2
Eliminates fee
split requirement. The consulting
practitioner will
be paid an amount equal to that
which would have been paid if the
service had been provided with out
a telecommunications system.
|
SEC.
501
HHS Secretary establishes
a payment fee schedule for the referring
and consulting physician.
The payment includes
costs associated with consultation
via telehealth technology. Beneficiary
cost sharing in the form of a copayment,
allowed not to exceed $15/visit.
|
Eliminates
payment to the referring practitioner
or telepresenter for teleconsultation
and provides 100% of the payment for
teleconsultation to the consulting
practitioner. |
SEC.
2
HHS Secretary will
establish a fee schedule for the
referring and consulting physician.
The payment will
include costs associated with consultation
via telecommunications systems.
|
No
language. |
| Presenter |
SEC.
3
Eliminates the requirement for
a tele-presenter.
|
SEC.
501
Expands “presenter” definition
under telehomecare to include a
registered nurse “acting under
the directions of a physician or
practitioner may present the patient”
in a teleconsultation.
|
SEC.
101
Expands “presenter” definition
to include: any health care practitioner
that is acting on instructions from
the referring physician or practitioner.
|
SEC.
2
Expands “presenter” definition
under telehomecare to include a
registered nurse “acting under
the directions of a physician or
practitioner may present the patient”
in a teleconsultation.
|
SEC. 205
Expands “presenter”
definition to include: any health
care practitioner that is acting
on instructions from the referring
physician or practitioner. |
Store
and
Forward |
SEC.
7
Proposes that
a federal demonstration project
for store and forward technologies
be established in Hawaii and Alaska.
|
SEC.
501
Proposes that Medicare reimburse single or multimedia
store-and-forward technology for:
-Medical diagnosis
-Medical treatment
-Medical education
|
SEC.101
Proposes that Medicare reimburse services
that Medicare currently pays for
even if these services are provided
using telehealth technology.
Proposes that Medicare
reimburse store and forward technology,
even if patient, referring physician
or health provider is not present.
|
SEC.
2
Proposes all services covered
under Medicare be covered even if
they are provided using telehealth
technology
Proposes
that Medicare reimburse telehealth
consultations using store and forward
technology.
|
SEC.
205 Proposes that Medicare reimburse services
that Medicare currently pays for
even if these services are provided
using telehealth technology. Proposes
that Medicare reimburse store and
forward technology, even if patient,
referring physician or health provider
is not present. |
| Eligible
area |
SEC.
4
Expands geographic coverage.
Allows
Medicare reimbursement for beneficiaries
who reside in non-MSA areas and
urban and rural HPSAs.
|
Replaces
HPSA definition of rural with "county
not otherwise included in Metropolitan
Statistical Area."
Expands telehomecare
to include rural AND urban.
|
NA |
SEC.
2
Allows for Medicare reimbursement for
Telehealth services in all Rural
Areas.
Expands
telehomcare to include rural and
urban.
|
NA |
