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50 State Telemedicine Gaps Analysis: Coverage & Reimbursement

Telemedicine in

Wyoming

PARITY:
Private Insurance F  No telemedicine parity law and no
Medicaid C history of proposed legislation within
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State Employee Health Plan F the past 2 years.
MEDICAID SERVICE
COVERAGE & CONDITIONS Medicaid
OF PAYMENT:  Coverage for telemedicine under
Patient Setting C Medicaid is about average. The
Eligible Technologies F agency imposes restrictions on
Distance or Geography A covered services and designates
Restrictions certain patient settings (excluding the
Eligible Providers C home and school) and eligible distant
Physician-provided B site providers as a condition of
Services payment.
Mental/behavioral Health B  One of few states with coverage for
Services services provided by substance
Rehabilitation B abuse/addiction specialist.
Home Health F  Covers nutrition patient education
Informed Consent A and speech therapy.
Telepresenter A  Coverage for interactive audio-video

INNOVATIVE PAYMENT only.
OR SERVICE DELIVERY  No coverage for telemedicine under
MODELS: the home health benefit.
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State-wide Network ✔
Medicaid Managed Care N/A Innovation
Medicare-Medicaid Dual  Wyoming Telehealth Consortium
offers provider registry and
Eligibles informational resources to assist
Health Home
HCBS Waiver providers in adopting telemedicine.
Corrections
Other

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