This bill lowers the minimum data collection requirement for Medicare coverage of remote monitoring services from 16 days to 2 days within a 30-day period, effective immediately upon enactment and lasting for two years. Remote monitoring allows healthcare providers to track patient health conditions from home, which studies show can reduce hospital admissions and improve outcomes, but current Medicare rules require extensive data collection even when shorter monitoring periods would be medically appropriate. The bill notes that many conditions like sleep apnea, hypertension, physical therapy recovery, and others do not require the full 16-day monitoring period to establish effective care. Within one year of passage, the Secretary of Health and Human Services must submit a report to Congress analyzing the results of the lower threshold and recommending a permanent reimbursement model that accounts for patient acuity and varying monitoring durations, with input from doctors, hospitals, veterans' agencies, and patient advocacy groups.
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