Bill Detail
H.R. 5496
Congress: 119
Title
HEALTH Act of 2025
Summary
Helping Ensure Access to Local TeleHealth Act of 2025 or the HEALTH Act of 2025 This bill modifies requirements relating to Medicare coverage of telehealth services, including services that are furnished by federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and rural health clinics (RHCs). Specifically, the bill expands coverage to include audio-only telehealth services. It also permanently allows FQHCs and RHCs to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner) for telehealth services and excludes such services from certain geographic restrictions. Payment must be made in the same manner as for non-telehealth services, rather than in accordance with a separate methodology determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Sponsor
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA-15]
Status
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced
2025-09-18
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Carried by these fly-ins
2NACHC National Fly-In — September 2026
Sep 15, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026 · Washington, DC
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Helping Ensure Access to Local TeleHealth Act of 2025 or the HEALTH Act of 2025 This bill modifies requirements relating to Medicare coverage of telehealth services, including s…
Lobbyists on the case
- National Association of Community Health Centers4 filings · 4 lobs
- Joseph Dunn2026 Q2National Association of Community Health Centers · LA, Sr. Policy Advisor, LD - Rep. Anthony Weiner; LD - Rep. Chris Murphy …
- Mandar Jadhav2026 Q2National Association of Community Health Centers · Health Policy Advisor - Sen. HELP Committee; Policy Advisor - Sen. Bill Cassidy
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