Expanding Remote Monitoring Access Act

This bill ensures appropriate access to remote monitoring services under the Medicare program by temporarily lowering the minimum data collection requirement and requiring a report on future reimbursement models.

Sec. 3, Ensuring appropriate access to remote monitoring services: The Secretary of Health and Human Services must ensure that, for two years after enactment, Medicare pays for remote monitoring services with a minimum of 2 days of data collection over a 30-day period, regardless of whether the patient has or is suspected of having COVID-19. Within one year, the Secretary must consult with specified entities and submit a report to Congress including a summary of experience with the 2-day minimum, recommendations for a reimbursement model considering patient acuity and cost (including differential rates for periods under and over 16 days), analysis of appropriate place of service and supervision requirements for non-clinical staff, and estimated savings from earlier interventions and fewer hospitalizations. The section defines remote monitoring as remote physiologic monitoring and remote therapeutic monitoring, with specific definitions for each.