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Center for Connected Health Policy
Montana
Medicaid Program: Montana Medicaid
Program Administrator: MT Dept. of Public Health and Human Services
Regional Telehealth Resource Center:
Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center
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2900 12 Ave. N., Ste. 30W
Billings, MT 59101
(888) 662-5601
www.nrtrc.org
STATE LAW/REGULATIONS MEDICAID PROGRAM
Definition of telemedicine/telehealth
“Telemedicine means the practice of medicine by a No reference found in Medicaid Manual.
physician located outside the state, who performs an
evaluative or therapeutic act relating to the treatment or
correction of a patient's physical or mental condition,
ailment, disease, injury, or infirmity, and who transmits
that evaluative or therapeutic act into Montana through
any means, method, device, or instrumentality under the
following conditions:
• The information or opinion is provided directly to
a patient in Montana for compensation or with
the expectation of compensation;
• The physician does not limit the physician's
services to an occasional case;
• The physician has an established or regularly
used connection with the state, including but not
limited to: (i) an office or another place for the
reception of a transmission from the physician;
(ii) a contractual relationship with a person or
entity in Montana related to the physician's
practice of medicine; or (iii) privileges in a
Montana hospital or another Montana health
care facility.”
Source: MT Code Annotated, § 37-3-342 (2011).
Telemedicine means the use of interactive audio, video,
or other telecommunications technology that is:
• Used by a health care provider or health care
facility to deliver health care services at a site
other than the site where the patient is located;
and
• Delivered over a secure connection that
complies with the requirements of HIPPA.
• The term includes the use of electronic
media for consultation relating to the
health care diagnosis or treatment of a
patient in real time or through the use of
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