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mental health)
Speech Language Pathology Telehealth may be
delivered through live video. Only resident modifiers will be accepted.

Source: OH Admin. Code 4753-2-01 Providers are not eligible for payment when a Q3014
(facility fee) and a CPT code with a GQ modifier is
submitted for the same patient, same date of service,
and same provider.

See transmittal letter for list of eligible CPT codes.

Source: OH Medicaid Handbook Transmittal Letter No. 3334-15-
01, pg. 6-7. Jan. 2, 2015 & OH Admin Code 5160-1.

Ohio Medicaid will reimburse for live video for speech
therapy services in the Medicaid School Program (MSP)
when provided by speech-language pathologists.

Source: OH Dept. of Job and Family Svcs., Long Term Care
Services and Supports Transmittal Letter (LTCSSTL) No. 11-15,
(Oct. 19, 2011).

Store and Forward Reimbursement
Speech Language Pathology Telemedicine is defined as being “synchronous,
Telehealth may be delivered through store and forward. interactive, real-time”, excluding the use of store and
forward technology.
Source: OH Admin. Code 4753-2-01
Source: OH Medicaid Handbook Transmittal Letter No. 3334-15-
01. Jan. 2, 2015, pg. 6-7.
Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement

No reference found. The home is not an acceptable place of service for
either an originating or distant site.

Source: OH Medicaid Handbook Transmittal Letter No. 3334-15-
01. Jan. 2, 2015, pg. 6-7.
Email/Phone/FAX

No reference found. Electronic mail, telephone and facsimile transmission
are not telemedicine.

Source: OH Admin. Code 5160-1.
Online Prescribing
A physician shall not prescribe, dispense, or provide any No reference found.
dangerous drug, which is not a controlled substance, to
a person who the physician has never personally
physically examined and diagnosed.

Eligible exceptions:

• The physician is providing care in consultation
with another physician, who has an ongoing
professional relationship with the patient, and
who has agreed to supervise the patient’s use of

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