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services by store and forward shall not preclude a
patient from receiving real-time telemedicine, or face-to-
face services with the distant site provider at a future
date.
Source: VT Statutes Annotated, Title 18 Sec. 9361 (2012).
Location
No reference found. No reference found.
Cross-State Licensing
No reference found. No reference found.
Private Payers
Requires coverage of telemedicine services, subject to No reference found.
contract terms and conditions.
Source: VT Statutes Annotated, Title 8 Sec. 4100k (2012).
Site/Transmission Fee
No reference found. Allowed, but not required, for originating site providers.
Dept. of VT Health Access, Provider Manual, p. 119 (Jan. 1, 2015).
Miscellaneous
The Department of Vermont Health Access and the
Green Mountain Care Board is tasked with considering
the implementation of pilot projects using telemedicine.
Among other things, the pilot project should consider the
scope of services that should be provided using
telemedicine outside of a health care facility including
possibly equipping home health agency nurses with
tools needed to provide telemedicine during home
health visits.
Source: VT Act. No. 40 (S. 88).
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