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DC Medicaid Adjust Regulations for Telemedicine
On Friday DC Health Care Finance adjusted telemedicine regulations to allow easier treatment and reimbursement remotely.
In response to the public health emergency in the District, the Department of Health Care Finance announced emergency regulations modifying reimbursement of health services provided to a beneficiary in their home via telemedicine.
The emergency rule authorizes Medicaid to reimburse providers for health services delivered to a beneficiary in their home via telemedicine and clarifies that site providers are responsible for ensuring that distant site providers are responsible for ensuring that technology in use meets appropriate standards of care.
The emergency rule clarifies that appropriate telemedicine services will be reimbursed in the same manner and rate as in-person consultations.
The technology used in delivering services must be a two-way, real-time interactive audio-video communication for the purposes of evaluation or treatment. The program does not reimburse for email/fax services. The participants must be physically present at an originating site at the time the service is rendered.
Read more about the rule and qualifications here.
MSDC applauds DHCF for its proactive approach to public health and allowing physicians to treat Medicaid patients in the most appropriate locations for their health.
The emergency rule authorizes Medicaid to reimburse providers for health services delivered to a beneficiary in their home via telemedicine and clarifies that site providers are responsible for ensuring that distant site providers are responsible for ensuring that technology in use meets appropriate standards of care.
The emergency rule clarifies that appropriate telemedicine services will be reimbursed in the same manner and rate as in-person consultations.
The technology used in delivering services must be a two-way, real-time interactive audio-video communication for the purposes of evaluation or treatment. The program does not reimburse for email/fax services. The participants must be physically present at an originating site at the time the service is rendered.
Read more about the rule and qualifications here.
MSDC applauds DHCF for its proactive approach to public health and allowing physicians to treat Medicaid patients in the most appropriate locations for their health.
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