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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6801 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that remote 
physiologic monitoring services are not subject to cost sharing under 
the Medicare program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 14, 2023 
Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK (for herself, Mr. RUIZ, and Ms. SEWELL) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
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 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure 
that remote physiologic monitoring services are not sub-
ject to cost sharing under the Medicare program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘RPM Cost Sharing 
Elimination Study Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. ENSURING THAT REMOTE PHYSIOLOGIC MONI-
TORING SERVICES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO 
COST SHARING UNDER THE MEDICARE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1833 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and (HH)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(HH)’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the semicolon at 
the end the following ‘‘, and (II) with respect 
to remote physiologic monitoring services, the 
amounts paid shall be 100 percent of the lesser 
of the actual charge for the services or the 
amount determined under the payment basis es-
tablished under section 1848’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘, and (13)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(13)’’; and 
(B) by striking the first period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘, and (14) such deductible shall 
not apply with respect to remote physiologic 
monitoring services’’. 
(b) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE.—Section 1852(a)(1)(B) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–22(a)(1)(B)) 
is amended— 
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(1) in clause (iv)— 
(A) by redesignating subclause (VIII) as 
subclause (IX); and 
(B) by inserting after subclause (VII) the 
following new subclause: 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subclause: 
‘‘(VIII) Remote physiologic moni-
toring services.’’; and 
(2) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘and (VI)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(VI), and (VIII)’’. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2026, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the effects eliminating cost sharing for 
remote physiologic monitoring services under Medicare 
had on patient health outcomes and on any cost savings 
attributable so such elimination. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to items and services 
furnished on or after January 1, 2024, and before Janu-
ary 1, 2026. 
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