OPENING THE RECORD
OPENING THE RECORD
S. 1248 · 119TH CONGRESS
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CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
Ensuring Access to Specialty Care Everywhere Act or the EASE Act
This bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a model that uses a network of providers to remotely furnish specialty health care to Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiaries in rural areas.
To conduct the model, the CMMI must select at least one provider network that is a nonprofit entity and that consists of at least 50 federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, critical access hospitals, or rural emergency hospitals. At least half of the providers in the network must be located in rural areas. Providers must use digital methods (e.g., telehealth technology) to provide specialty care and must coordinate with beneficiaries' primary care providers.
Written by the Congressional Research Service for this version of the bill. Later versions may differ. Read at Congress.gov.