Markwayne Mullin

04/09/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/09/2024 08:48

Mullin, Sinema, Tillis Introduce Bill to Increase Rural Access to Specialty Care Providers

Today, Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), along with Senators Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Ensuring Access to Specialty Care Everywhere (EASE) Act to increase access to specialty care providers for rural communities. Mullin's EASE Act would authorize the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to use their demonstration authority to create a virtual specialty care provider network that rural and underserved patients can access through telehealth.