Expanding Remote Monitoring Access Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3032 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3032 To ensure appropriate access to remote monitoring services furnished under the Medicare program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2025 Mr. Balderson (for himself, Mr. Dunn of Florida, and Mr. Murphy) introduced the following bill; which was 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To ensure appropriate access to remote monitoring services furnished under the Medicare program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding Remote Monitoring Access Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) Remote monitoring is an option that can help patients manage their health conditions from their homes with oversight from their health care providers, which can improve patient health outcomes, reduce long-term health costs, and increase care options for patients. (2) The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) saw such results in a 2019 report. Veterans enrolled in remote patient monitoring had a 53 percent decrease in VA bed days of care and a 33 percent decrease in VA hospital admissions. (3) Providers are currently required by Medicare to collect 16 days of patient data over a 30-day period in order to bill Medicare for remote monitoring services, even in cases where this full duration is not medically necessary to ensure the health and safety of the patient. This can limit the use of remote m