Page 116 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:

• Emergency or urgent medical situations;
• When accessing in-person services at less than
30 miles poses a significant hardship on the
patient, due to a medical condition or disability;
• Nursing facility patients who require
transportation via ambulance.
• Recently Passed Legislation: Children receiving
behavioral health services.

Source (exceptions to 30-mile rule): NE Admin. Code Title 471,
Ch. 1.
Source (Children’s behavioral health): LB 556 (Recently passed,
effective Aug. 30, 2013)

Cross-State Licensing
No reference found. Health care practitioners must be appropriately licensed,
certified or registered by Nebraska.

Source: Physician Provider Handbook, Manual Letter 63-2014, pg.
17-19.

Private Payers
No reference found. No reference found.
Site/Transmission Fee

(see Medicaid column) Medicaid coverage of transmission costs is available.

Source: NE Admin. Code Title 471, Ch. 1 & Physician Provider
Handbook, Manual Letter 63-2014, pg. 17-19.

Federally Qualified Health Centers & Rural Health
Clinics
Telehealth transmission cost related to non-core
services will be the lower of:
• The provider’s submitted charge; or
• The maximum allowable amount

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

Managed Care
Telehealth transmission is covered as a part of the
behavioral health benefits package.

Source: NE Admin. Code Title 482, 5-004.
Miscellaneous

The University of Nebraska Medical Center is required
to create the Behavioral Health Screening and Referral
Pilot Program which will include telehealth behavioral
health consultations between university and three
clinics.

Source: Revised Statutes of NE. Sec. 71-8506 (sunsets Aug. 30,
2015).

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