SEC. 13. HHS EVALUATION AND REPORT ON THE USE OF 
TELEHEALTH AND REMOTE PATIENT MONI-
TORING UNDER ALL DEMONSTRATION PRO-
GRAMS AND PILOTS WITH A TELEHEALTH 
WAIVER. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall conduct an evaluation on the use of telehealth and 
remote patient monitoring under all programs and pilots 
under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the So-
cial Security Act and the Medicaid program under title 
XIX of such Act with a waiver of telehealth restrictions 
otherwise applicable under such titles of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)). Such evaluation shall in-
clude an analysis of the following: 
(1) The number of providers and payers using 
telehealth and remote patient monitoring under such 
programs and pilots. 
(2) The cost impact among the beneficiaries re-
ceiving telehealth and remote patient monitoring 
under such programs and pilots, including with re-
spect to preventable hospitalizations, hospital re-
admissions, and emergency room visits, and the total 
cost of items and services under the Medicare and 
Medicaid programs. 
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(3) Beneficiary and family caregiver satisfaction 
with the use of telehealth and remote patient moni-
toring under such programs and pilots. 
(4) A comparison of the utilization of, and ex-
penditures for, the same services furnished under 
the Medicare and Medicaid programs in the office 
setting. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to Congress a report containing the results of the evalua-
tion conducted under subsection (a), together with rec-
ommendations for such legislation and administrative ac-
tion as the Secretary determines appropriate. 
SEC. 14. TESTING OF MODELS TO EXAMINE THE USE OF 
TELEHEALTH AND REMOTE PATIENT MONI-
TORING UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. 
Section 1115A(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1315a(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) TESTING MODELS TO EXAMINE USE 
OF TELEHEALTH AND REMOTE PATIENT MONI-
TORING
UNDER
MEDICARE.—The Secretary 
shall consider testing under this subsection 
models to examine the use of telehealth and re-
mote patient monitoring under title XVIII.’’. 
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SEC. 15. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE REMOTE 
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that the laws of all 
50 States and the District of Columbia— 
(1) consider the practice of medicine to include 
remote visits; and 
(2) recognize that any remote practice of medi-
cine is governed by the same medical practice stat-
utes as in-person care. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) telemedicine is the delivery of safe, effective, 
quality health care services, by a health care pro-
vider, using technology-based modalities to deliver 
medical care; 
(2) States have recognized this by treating tele-
medicine as the practice of medicine; and 
(3) the Medicare program under title XVIII of 
the Social Security Act should cover the delivery of 
remote patient services. 
Æ 
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