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Health insurance plans are also required to provide
coverage for store-and-forward and remote patient
monitoring services, in accordance with certain
requirements (see above store and forward & remote
patient monitoring sections).
Source: MS Source: MS Code Sec. 83-9-353.
Site/Transmission Fee
The originating site is eligible to receive a facility fee. No reference found.
Source: MS Code Sec. 83-9-351 MS Source: MS Code Sec. 83-9-
353.
Miscellaneous
To practice telemedicine, physicians must establish a
valid physician-patient relationship by the following:
• Verifying the identity of the patient;
• Conducting an appropriate exam that meets the
applicable standard of care. This exam need not
be in person if the technology is sufficient to
provide the same information to the physician as
if the exam had been performed face to face;
• Establishing a diagnosis;
• Discussing with the patient the diagnosis, and
the risks and benefits of various treatment
options, to obtain informed consent;
• Insuring the availability of appropriate follow-up
care;
• Maintaining a complete medical record.
Source: Code of MS Rules 50-013-2635 (2012).
A health insurance plan may limit coverage to health
care providers in a telemedicine network approved by
the plan.
Source: MS Code Sec. 83-9-351.
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