Page 150 State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies A Comprehensive Scan of the 50 States and District of Columbia

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Oregon

Medicaid Program: Oregon Medicaid

Medicaid Program Administrator: Oregon Health Authority

Regional Telehealth Resource Center:
Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center
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2900 12 Ave. N., Ste. 30W
Billings, MT 59101
(888) 662-5601
www.nrtrc.org

STATE LAW/REGULATIONS MEDICAID PROGRAM

Definition of telemedicine/telehealth
“Telemedical means delivered through a two-way video “Telemedicine is the use of medical information,
communication that allows a health professional to exchanged from one site to another, via telephonic or
interact with a patient who is at an originating site.” electronic communications, to improve a patient’s health
status.”
Source: OR Revised Statutes Sec. 743A.058.
Source: OR Div. of Medical Assistance Program, Medical-Surgical
“Telemedicine means the provision of health services to Svcs. Rulebook, Div. 130, 410-130-0610, p. 65-6 (Jan. 1, 2015).
patients by physicians and health care practitioners from
a distance using electronic communications.”

Source: OR Revised Statutes 442.015.
Live Video Reimbursement
Oregon statute requires coverage of telemedicine Oregon Medicaid will reimburse for live video when
services (which includes live video), subject to contract billed services comply with their billing requirements.
terms and conditions.
The referring provider is not required to be present with
Source: OR Revised Statutes Sec. 743A.058. the client for the consult.

(See “Private Payers” section) The referring provider may bill for the patient visit only if
a separately identifiable visit is performed.

Source: OR Div. of Medical Assistance Program, Medical-Surgical
Svcs. Rulebook, Div. 130, 410-130-0610, p. 65-6 (Jan. 1, 2015).
Store and Forward Reimbursement
No reference found. No reference found.

Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement
Oregon requires out of state physicians to acquire active No reference found.
tele-monitoring status through the Oregon Medical
Board before they can perform intraoperative tele-
monitoring on patients during surgery.

The Administrative Code defines “tele-monitoring” as the
“intraoperative monitoring of data collected during
surgery and electronically transmitted to a physician who
practices in a location outside of Oregon. The monitoring
physician is in communication with the operation team

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