Page 16 State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies A Comprehensive Scan of the 50 States and District of Columbia
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• Initial or one follow-up office visit;
• Consultation made to confirm diagnosis
• A diagnostic, therapeutic or interpretive service
• Psychiatric or substance abuse assessments;
• Individual psychotherapy or pharmacological
management services.
Source: AK Dept of Health and Social Svcs., AK Alaska Medical
Assistance Provider Billing Manuals, Section1: Physician,
Advance Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant: Services,
Policies and Procedures, (Accessed Jan. 2014) & AK Admin.
Code, Title 7, 110.630 (2012).
No reimbursement for:
• Home and community-based waiver services;
• Pharmacy;
• Durable medical equipment;
• Transportation;
• Accommodation services;
• End-stage renal disease;
• Direct-entry midwife;
• Private duty nursing;
• Personal care assistants;
• Visual care, dispensing or optician services;
• Technological equipment and systems
associated with telemedicine application.
Source: AK Admin. Code, Title 7, 110.635 (2012) & AK Dept of
Health and Social Svcs., AK Alaska Medical Assistance Provider
Billing Manual, Section1: Physician, Advance Nurse Practitioner,
Physician Assistant: Services, Policies and Procedures,
(Accessed Jan. 2014)
Store and Forward Reimbursement
(See Medicaid column) Alaska Medicaid will reimburse for services delivered
through store-and-forward.
Source: AK Dept. of Health and Social Svcs., Alaska Medical
Assistance Provider Billing Manual, Section1: Physician,
Advance Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant: Services,
Policies and Procedures, (Accessed Jan. 2014)
To be eligible for payment under store-and-forward the
service must be “provided through the transference of
digital images, sounds, or previously recorded video
from one location to another to allow a consulting
provider to obtain information, analyze it, and report
back to the referring provider.”
Source: AK Admin. Code, Title 7, 110.625(a) (2012).
Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement
(See Medicaid column) Alaska Medicaid will reimburse for services delivered
through self-monitoring.
Source: AK Dept of Health and Social Svcs., Alaska Medical
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