Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Services in the Home Act

IntroducedJanuary 28, 2025

Introduced1 year ago

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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.

HealthAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresHealth technology, devices, suppliesCardiovascular and respiratory healthMedicareLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careDepartment of Health and Human ServicesHome and outpatient careTelephone and wireless communication

Why This Matters

This bill makes permanent the option for Medicare patients to receive certain heart and lung rehabilitation services at home via videoconference. It updates payment and provider rules to support these telehealth services.

Who this affects

Medicare beneficiaries · Hospitals · Rehab providers

What changes is this bill making?

1Allows in-home cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation services to be delivered via two-way audio-visual telehealth technology.
2Designates a patient’s home as a valid hospital outpatient department location for these services.
3Updates Medicare telehealth payment rules to include hospitals and remove geographic restrictions for these rehab visits at home.
4Requires HHS (Health and Human Services) to issue rules for designating the home as a provider-based part of a hospital under the Hospital Without Walls program.
5Adds cardiac and pulmonary rehab programs to the list of telehealth services Medicare will cover permanently.

Read the detailed summary

Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Services in the Home Act This bill permanently allows services relating to cardiac rehabilitation programs, intensive cardiac rehabilitation programs, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs to be furnished via telehealth at a beneficiary's home under Medicare.

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