Page 114 State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies A Comprehensive Scan of the 50 States and District of Columbia

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STATE LAW/REGULATIONS MEDICAID PROGRAM

Exceptions to this requirement:

• Children receiving behavioral health services.

Reimbursement shall, at a minimum, be set at the same
rate as a comparable in-person consult and the rate
must not depend on the distance between the health
care practitioner and the patient.

NB Medicaid requires providers to be specifically
enrolled as a telehealth site with Medicaid to bill for a
telehealth services.

A safety plan must be developed for clients, (except
children receiving behavioral health services).

Source (authorization and reimbursement): NE Revised Statutes
Sec. 71-8506 (2012).
Source (exceptions to 30-mile rule): NE Admin. Code Title 471,
Ch. 1.
Source: Physician Provider Handbook, Manual Letter 63-2014, pg.
17-19.
Source (Children’s behavioral health): LB 556 (Recently passed,
effective Aug. 30, 2013).

Federally Qualified Health Centers & Rural Health
Clinics
FQHC & RHC core services provided via telehealth are
not covered under the encounter rate.

Source: NE FQHC Provider Handbook, Manual Letter 11-2010, pg.
5.

Children’s Behavioral Health
A trained staff member must be immediately available to
a child receiving telehealth behavioral health service.
This requirement may be waived by a legal guardian.

Source: Revised Statutes of NE. Sec. 71-8506.
Store and Forward Reimbursement

(see Medicaid column) Nebraska Medicaid will reimburse for tele-radiology
when it meets the American College of Radiology
standards for tele-radiology. There is no other reference
to reimbursing for other specialties.

Source: NE Admin. Code Title 471, Ch. 1 & Physician Provider
Handbook, Manual Letter 63-2014, pg. 17-19.
Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement
No reference found. No reference found.

Email/Phone/FAX
(see Medicaid column) No reimbursement for email.
No reimbursement for telephone.
No reimbursement for FAX.

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