Expanding Remote Monitoring Access Act
Sponsored By: Representative Balderson
Introduced
Summary
Would require Medicare to pay for remote physiologic and therapeutic monitoring when at least two days of patient data are collected every 30 days for a temporary two-year period. It would also force a wide HHS-led consult and a one-year report with recommendations for a longer-term reimbursement framework that accounts for patient acuity, costs, supervision rules, and potential savings from fewer hospitalizations.
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- Patients and families: Expands Medicare-covered access to remote monitoring for any patient, not just those with COVID-19, by mandating payment when at least 2 days of data are gathered each 30-day window for up to 2 years.
- Providers and technology vendors: Guarantees a minimum payable threshold that could make offering remote physiologic and remote therapeutic monitoring more financially viable for clinicians and device developers.
- Policy makers and payers: Forces HHS to consult clinicians, hospitals, payers, device experts, and advocates and deliver a report within 1 year with recommendations on differential payments by duration, supervision and place-of-service rules, and estimates of hospitalization reductions and savings.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Medicare would pay for 2-day remote monitoring
The bill would require Medicare to pay for remote monitoring when at least 2 days of data are collected in a 30-day period. This would start on enactment and last for two years. It would apply whether or not the patient has COVID-19. The bill also defines what counts: remote physiologic and remote therapeutic monitoring. This could make it easier for providers to bill and for patients to get monitoring.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Balderson
OH • R
Cosponsors
Dunn (FL)
FL • R
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Murphy
NC • R
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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