Legislation would expand telehealth services for Medicare patients with COPD

(By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review)

Reps. TJ Cox, D-Calif., Mike Thompson, D-Calif., Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and Earl Carter, R-Ga., introduced legislation that would allow respiratory therapists to serve as telehealth practitioners for Medicare patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.  Continue reading article here…

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