Maintaining Innovation and Safe Technologies Act
Sponsored By: Representative Schweikert
Introduced
Summary
Payment guidance for AI-enabled remote monitoring devices. This bill would require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to issue guidance, by Jan 1, 2027, clarifying Medicare Part B payment rules for remote monitoring devices that include an artificial intelligence component and transmit information to clinicians.
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- Patients and families: Medicare beneficiaries using devices like continuous glucose monitors would have clearer expectations about when Part B would pay for AI-enabled monitoring features. This clarity could affect access and planning for daily care.
- Clinicians and providers: Clinicians would get clearer guidance on when data from AI-capable remote monitors is tied to billable services under Part B, shaping how they use remote monitoring in treatment.
- Device makers and payers: Manufacturers and Medicare payers would receive a clearer signal on reimbursement for AI features, guiding product design, billing, and coverage practices.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Clearer Medicare pay rules for AI monitors
If enacted, HHS would issue guidance by January 1, 2027, using its usual Medicare communications channels. It would spell out Medicare Part B payment rules for remote monitoring devices that use AI. The devices must send data to a clinician to help manage treatment. Examples include continuous glucose monitors with a continuous adjustment component. This could give clearer billing and coverage expectations for Medicare patients, clinicians, and device makers.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Schweikert
AZ • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
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