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50 State Telemedicine Gaps Analysis: Coverage & Reimbursement

 community mental health center (CMHC)
 sole community hospital
 school/school-based health center (SBHC)
 assistive living facility (ALF)
 skilled nursing facility (SNF)
 stroke center
 rehabilitation/therapeutic health setting
 ambulatory surgical center
 residential treatment center
 health departments
 renal dialysis centers.

States received one (1) point for each patient setting authorized as an eligible originating site.
Those states that did not specify an originating site were given the maximum score possible (20).

Scale – Medicaid: Patient
Settings
A 16+ points
B 11-15 points
C 6-10 points
F ≤ 5 points

Twenty-four states and D.C. do not specify a patient setting or patient location as a condition of
payment for telemedicine (Figure 5).

Figure 5

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American Telemedicine Association
2015