Telehealth Medicine Bills Introduced in Congress

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced two pieces of legislation late last month to expand access to telehealth services under Medicare. The Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017(H.R. 2550) and the CONNECT for Health Act of 2017 (H.R. 2556), sponsored by Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5), Diane Black (R-TN-6), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Gregg Harper (R-MS-3),…