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50 State Telemedicine Gaps Analysis: Coverage & Reimbursement
Telemedicine in
Arkansas
PARITY:
Private Insurance F Arkansas’s parity law was enacted in
Medicaid C 2015 and includes telemedicine
State Employee Health Plan F coverage for physician-provided
MEDICAID SERVICE services under private insurance,
COVERAGE & CONDITIONS Medicaid, and state employee health
OF PAYMENT: plans. The law also includes technology
restrictions and requires an in-person
Patient Setting C visit before a telemedicine encounter.
Eligible Technologies F
Distance or Geography A Medicaid
Restrictions Effective January 2016, the new parity
Eligible Providers F law will affect payment for physician
Physician-provided C services.
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Services Currently telemedicine coverage under
Mental/behavioral Health B Medicaid is average with limits on
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Services service coverage, patient settings and
Rehabilitation N/A eligible distant site providers.
Home Health F One of few states with coverage for fetal
Informed Consent A echography and echocardiography.
Telepresenter C Medicaid also places frequency limits on
covered telemedicine services.
INNOVATIVE PAYMENT Requires a telepresenter at the
OR SERVICE DELIVERY originating site.
MODELS: Coverage for interactive audio-video
State-wide Network only.
Medicaid Managed Care
Medicare-Medicaid Dual Innovation
Eligibles Specialty maternal-fetal telemedicine
Health Home network operated by University of
HCBS Waiver Arkansas.
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American Telemedicine Association
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