Resources & Reports

Bill Analysis

HR 5380: Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2014

Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT)  call to amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage under the Medicare program and for other purposes.

Bill Analysis

HR 3507: 21st Century Care for Military and Veterans Act

Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA)’s HR 3507 would expand telehealth use under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)’s TRICARE program. The bill also considers telehealth-delivered care to be at the provider’s site, not where the patient is located.