Contact Congress about H.R. 6296: Advancing Access to Telehealth Act

Medicare patients could keep using more telehealth services by video or phone. The bill would make several temporary COVID-era rules permanent instead of letting them expire.

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Advancing Access to Telehealth Act is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

Latest action on H.R. 6296: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects Medicare patients who use telehealth or have trouble getting to in-person care. It also affects providers and clinics that treat Medicare patients remotely. The biggest changes would likely be felt by rural patients, people with disabilities, people needing mental health or substance use care, and clinics that serve low-income or underserved communities.

Why this matters: Telehealth can make care easier to reach for people who cannot easily travel. This bill would keep Medicare’s broader telehealth rules from expiring. It could help patients get care from home and help clinics plan around long-term coverage. The bill does not say what the long-term effects will be on costs, care quality, or patient safety.

Key provisions in H.R. 6296

• Several Medicare telehealth rules from the COVID-19 period would become permanent. The bill does this by removing the September 30, 2025 end date from key Medicare telehealth law.
• Medicare patients could keep using telehealth from more places. Coverage would not go back to the tighter location rules used before the pandemic.
• More kinds of health care workers could keep providing Medicare telehealth visits. The bill removes temporary wording from the Medicare rule that says which practitioners can be paid.
• Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics could keep serving Medicare patients by telehealth. These are community and rural clinics, and they could keep acting as the remote provider site after the emergency and 2025 deadlines.
• The Secretary of Health and Human Services would keep covering some phone-only telehealth services. The bill starts that coverage from the emergency period and does not add a new end date.

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Questions people ask about H.R. 6296

What is H.R. 6296?

Medicare patients could keep using more telehealth services by video or phone. The bill would make several temporary COVID-era rules permanent instead of letting them expire.

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