TELEMH Act of 2024

10/4/2024, 8:07 PM

Telehealth Enhancement for Mental Health Act of 2024 or the TELEMH Act of 2024

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to create a billing modifier for certain telehealth services under Medicare.

Specifically, the CMS must create a billing modifier for telehealth services that are billed as incident to a physician or practitioner's services.

Congress
118

Number
HR - 7858

Introduced on
2024-04-02

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

9/18/2024

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
Passed in House
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Telehealth Enhancement for Mental Health Act of 2024 or the TELEMH Act of 2024

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to create a billing modifier for certain telehealth services under Medicare.

Specifically, the CMS must create a billing modifier for telehealth services that are billed as incident to a physician or practitioner's services.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare incident to modifier for mental health services furnished through telehealth.

Policy Areas
Health

Potential Impact
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Mental health

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary9/16/2024

Telehealth Enhancement for Mental Health Act of 2024 or the TELEMH Act of 2024

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to create a billing modifier for certain telehealth services under Medi...


Latest Action9/18/2024
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.