EASE Act
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Overview
The Ensuring Access to Specialty Care Everywhere Act (EASE Act) directs the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to develop and test a model aimed at improving access to specialty health services for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, particularly those in rural and underserved areas. This model will utilize digital technologies like telehealth to coordinate care between specialty providers and primary care physicians. The model will be implemented through agreements with networks of healthcare providers including Federally qualified health centers and rural hospitals.
Key provisions
- Requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to develop a Specialty Health Care Services Access Model.
- The model will utilize digital modalities (telehealth, etc.) to coordinate care.
- The model will involve agreements with provider networks including FQHCs, rural hospitals, and critical access hospitals.
- Networks must be nonprofit and have a record of serving rural and underserved communities.
- The model will focus on individuals enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP who live in rural or underserved areas.
- The model must include a telehealth component.
- The model will collect and evaluate data.
- The model is subject to funding requirements outlined in Public Law 117-328.
Who is affected
- Medicare beneficiaries
- Medicaid beneficiaries
- Rural healthcare providers
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Primary sponsor
Markwayne Mullin
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