The Center for Connected Health Policy, the National Telehealth Policy Resource Center, has released its latest biannual update on state telehealth laws, regulations, and policies, with a primary focus on Medicaid fee-for-service programs. However, managed care/private payer laws are also covered when available.
Telehealth policy trends are briefly summarized from a national perspective, followed by detailed state profiles. Each state profile on telehealth reimbursement includes:
- Key state agencies/organizations
- State policy overview
- Definitions
- Live video, store-and-forward, and remote patient monitoring
- Eligible providers, sites, geographic limits, facility/transmission fees, services/specialties
- Consent
- Professional regulation/health and safety, including cross-state licensing and online prescribing
States vary considerably on telehealth policies. Overall, the report noted live video Medicaid reimbursement is far more prevalent than reimbursement for store-and-forward and remote patient monitoring. Other trends noted for some states are specific documentation and/or privacy and security guidelines; the addition of home and schools as eligible originating sites; and the inclusion of teledentristy and substance abuse services as qualifying specialties.
State telehealth laws & reimbursement policies; a comprehensive scan of the 50 states & the District of Columbia. Center for Connected Health Policy, Spring 2019. https://www.cchpca.org/sites/default/files/2019-05/cchp_report_MASTER_spring_2019_FINAL.pdf
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Filed under: Insurance, Internet, Medicaid, Posted by Diana Culbertson, Regulation and legislation, Technology | Tagged: State laws and regulations, state telehealth law, Telemedicine |
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