Permanently extending Medicare telehealth service enhancements for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics

Section 1834(m)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(8)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking During the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) and, in the case that such emergency period ends before December 31, 2024, during the period beginning on the first day after the end of such emergency period and ending on September 30, 2025 and inserting Beginning on the first day of the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B); and (B) in clause (ii), by striking determined under subparagraph (B) and inserting, for services furnished during the period beginning on the first day of the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) and ending on the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act, determined under subparagraph (B) and, for services furnished after such period, an amount equal to the amount that such center or clinic would have been paid under this title had such services been furnished without the use of a telecommunications system; and (2) in subparagraph (B)— (A) by striking payment rule and all that follows through The Secretary shall and inserting payment rule.— The Secretary shall; (B) by striking during the periods for which subparagraph (A) applies and inserting during the period described in subparagraph (A)(ii); and (C) by redesignating clause (ii) as subparagraph (C), and adjusting the margin accordingly.