Page 107 State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies A Comprehensive Scan of the 50 States and District of Columbia

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• Evaluation and management services;
• A diagnosis, therapeutic or interpretive service;
• Individual psychiatric or substance abuse
assessment diagnostic interview examinations;
or
• Individual psychotherapy

Reimbursement to the provider at the distant site is
made at the same amount as for an in-person service.

Source (reimbursement): MO Revised Statutes § 208.670 (2012).

Source (eligible providers): MO HealthNet, Provider Manual,
Behavioral Services, Section 13, p. 54 (Oct. 23, 2013) & Physician
Services, Section 13, p. 121 (Apr. 14, 2014).

Source (distant site reimbursement): MO Code of State
Regulation, Title 13, 70-3.190 (2010).

Source (psychiatrists): MO HealthNet, Community Psychiatric
Rehabilitation Program Manual, Sec. 13, pg. 55 (Feb. 27, 2014).
Store and Forward Reimbursement
No reference found. HealthNet will not reimburse for store and forward.

Source: MO HealthNet, Provider Manual, Behavioral Services,
Section 13, p. 53 (Oct. 23, 2013) & Physician Services, Section 13,
p. 121 (Apr. 14, 2014).
Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement
No reference found. Personal Emergency Response Systems (an electronic
device that is programmed to signal a response center
once the help button is activated) is available for
patients at high risk of being institutionalized.

Source: MO HealthNet, Provider Manual, Developmental
Disabilities Waiver Manual, Section 13, p. 19 (Feb. 25, 2014).

Email/Phone/FAX
No reference found. No reference found.

Online Prescribing
Prescribing or dispensing drugs without sufficient No reference found.
examination is prohibited.

Source: MO Revised Statutes § 334.100 (2012).
Consent

Services related to pregnancy Providers must obtain written patient consent before
delivery of telehealth services.
Telehealth providers are required to obtain patient
consent. Source: MO Code of State Regulation, Title 13, 70-3.190 (2010) &
Physician Services, Section 13, p. 123 (Apr. 14, 2014).
Source: MO Revised Statutes § 376.1900.1
Location
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses who provides Originating sites must be one of the following:

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