To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the use of telehealth for purposes of recertification of eligibility for hospice care.

Bill: 117-hr-8505
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-3]
Introduced: 2022-07-26
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill permanently allows, for purposes of hospice care recertification under Medicare, physicians and nurse practitioners to fulfill the requirement of a face-to-face encounter with the hospice patient via telehealth.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8505 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 26, 2022 Mrs. Miller of West Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the use of telehealth for purposes of recertification of eligibility for hospice care.

1. Use of telehealth to conduct face-to-face encounter prior to recertification of eligibility for hospice care Section 1814(a)(7)(D)(i) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)(7)(D)(i) ) is amended to read as follows: (i) a hospice physician or nurse practitioner has a face-to-face encounter (which may be conducted via telehealth, as determined appropriate by the Secretary) with the individual to determine continued eligibility of the individual for hospice care prior to the 180th-day recertification and each subsequent recertification under subparagraph (A)(ii) and attests that such visit took place (in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary); and .