Raises Medicare payments for remote patient monitoring in low-payment areas, particularly rural ones, by setting a 1.00 floor on certain geographic cost adjustments starting January 1, 2026.

• Sets a minimum of 1.00 on practice expense and malpractice geographic indices used to pay for remote patient monitoring, starting with services furnished on or after January 1, 2026
• Exempts this floor from budget neutrality requirements, so it does not have to be offset by reductions elsewhere in the payment system
• Conditions Medicare payment for remote patient monitoring on real-time response by a physician or other qualified clinician, compatibility of data with electronic health records, and data reporting the Secretary may require, with hardship exemptions
• Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress within 5 years on estimated savings and practice expenses for remote patient monitoring over 2026 to 2029

• Ways and Means Committee (House)
• Energy and Commerce Committee (House)

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