Accessed Aug. 28, 2014 enforced)* The term “telehealth” means delivering health care services by means of information and communications technologies consisting of telephones, remote patient monitoring devices or other electronic means which facilitate the assessment, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, education, care management and self management of a patient’s health care while such patient is at the originating site and the health care provider is at a distant site. The term “telemedicine” means the delivery of clinical 1 ]]> Accessed Aug. 28, 2014. Store and Forward Reimbursement New Reimbursement Policy added by SB 7852 Store and forward is not reimbursed. (currently not enforced)* Telemedicine does include the use of store and forward Source: NY Dept. of Health, 2011 DOH Medicaid Updates, Volume technologies. 27 Accessed Aug. 28, 2014. Source: NY SB 7852 (2014). Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement New Reimbursement Policy added by SB 7852 See notes. (currently not enforced)* Medicaid will, at a minimum, provide payment for telehealth services as specified under Sec. 3614 of 2 ]]> Accessed Aug. 28, 2014. Comments: New York is in the process of updating its Medicaid reimbursement policies for telehealth. We have been informed by a source in the State Department of Health that the updated policy will expand the settings and provider types for which live video services can be reimbursed. Telemedicine/telehealth reimbursement in managed care is optional. A review of Web resources of 18 MMC Plans reveals policy statements of telemedicine coverage for at least the following insurance providers: • Amerigroup New York • BlueCross Blue Shield of Western New York • MVP Health Plan • United Healthcare • Univera Community Health • WellCare of New York Source: Northeast Telehealth Resource Center. 4 ]]>