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Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement
No reference found. No reference found.

Email/Phone/FAX
No reference found for email. No reimbursement for email.
No reimbursement for telephone. No reimbursement for telephone.
No reimbursement for FAX. No reimbursement for FAX.

Source: OK Statute, Title 36 St. Sec. 6802. Source: OK Admin. Code Sec. 317:30-3-27(d).

(also see Medicaid column)

Online Prescribing
Telemedicine physicians who meet certain criteria are No reference found.
not subject to the face-to-face requirement to establish
a physician-patient relationship.

Source: OK Admin. Code Sec. 435:10-7-12.

Prescribing or administering a drug or treatment without
sufficient examination and the establishment of a valid
physician-patient relationship is prohibited.

Source: OK Statute, Title 59, Sec. 509.

A physician-patient relationship includes an in-person
patient exam.

Source: OK Admin. Code Sec. 435:10-1-4.
Consent
Written patient consent is required prior to the delivery of Written consent required.
any telemedicine services. The provider who is in
physical contact with the patient shall obtain this Source: OK Admin. Code Sec. 317:30-3-27(f)(6).
consent.

Source: OK Statute, Title 36 Sec. 6804.

(also see Medicaid column)
Location

No reference found. Coverage is limited to rural or geographic areas where
there is a lack of local medical/psychiatric/mental health
expertise.

Source: OK Admin. Code Sec. 317:30-3-27(c)(2). Health Care
Authority, Providers, Telemedicine
http://okhca.org/providers.aspx?id=10014 (accessed Jan. 15,
2015).

Rural areas are defined as counties with fewer than
50,000 people.

Source: OK Admin. Code Sec. 317:30-3-27(b)(5). Jan. 15, 2015

Eligible originating sites:

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