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STATE LAW/REGULATIONS MEDICAID PROGRAM
• New and established Office and other outpatient
E/M services
• Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation
• Individual psychotherapy
• Pharmacologic management
• Speech Therapy, individual
• Initial inpatient telehealth consultation
Reimbursement is made only to the distant practitioner
during the telemedicine session. No reimbursement is
allowed to the originating site practitioner if he/she solely
presents the patient to the distant site practitioner.
Requires a medical professional, such as a nurse, to be
present during the telehealth service; and to ensure a
connection has been established with the distant
physician.
Out of state requests for telemedicine services require
prior authorization.
Source: Medicaid Medical Policy. North Dakota Department of
Human Services: Policy Number NDMP-2012-0007. Telemedicine
Services. (Aug. 1, 2012).
Indian Health Services
Reimbursement for telemedicine is on the same basis
as those provided for face-to-face contact.
Source: ND MMIS Web Portal. Indian Health Services. April 2014.
Accessed Jan. 14, 2015.
Store and Forward Reimbursement
No reference found. North Dakota Medicaid does not reimburse for store and
forward.
Source: ND Dept. of Human Svcs., General Information For
Providers, Medicaid and Other Medical Assistance Programs, p.
129 (April 2012).
Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement
No reference found. No reference found.
Email/Phone/FAX
No reference found. No reference found for email.
No reimbursement for telephone.
No reference found for FAX.
Source: ND Dept. of Human Svcs., General Information For
Providers, Medicaid and Other Medical Assistance Programs, p.
126 (April 2012).
Online Prescribing
A valid prescription via e-prescribing means a No reference found.
prescription has been issued for a legitimate medical
purpose, in the usual course of professional practice, by
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