Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act
Last action on Jun 9, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Summary
The Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act aims to make several emergency telehealth flexibilities introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic a permanent part of Medicare. If passed, the bill would allow patients to continue receiving medical consultations from their own homes via video or audio-only phone calls, regardless of whether they live in a rural or urban area. It also ensures that rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers can be reimbursed for providing these virtual services, maintaining expanded healthcare access for seniors and those in remote communities.
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