Page 199 State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies A Comprehensive Scan of the 50 States and District of Columbia

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Wyoming

Program Name: Wyoming Medicaid

Administrator: Office of Equality Care, under the Wyoming Dept. of Health.

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
"Telemedicine means the practice of medicine by “Telehealth is the use of an electronic media to link
electronic communication or other means from a beneficiaries with health professionals in different
physician in a location to a patient in another location, locations.”
with or without an intervening health care provider.”
Source: WY Dept. of Public Health Insurance, Medicaid, General
Source: WY Statutes Sec. 33-26-102. Provider Information, p. 108 (Dec. 11, 2014).

Live Video Reimbursement
No reference found. Reimbursement is made for exams performed via a real-
time interactive audio and video telecommunications
system. The patient must be able to see and interact
with the off-site practitioner during the exam. A medical
professional is not required to be present with the client
at the originating site unless medically indicated.

Source: WY Dept. of Public Health Insurance, Medicaid, General
Provider Information, p. 107-108 (Dec. 11, 2014).

Eligible providers:

• Physicians;
• Advanced practice nurses with a specialty of
psychiatry/mental health;
• Physician’s assistant (billed under the
supervising physician);
• Psychologists and neuropsychologists;
• Mental health professionals (LCSW, LPC,
LMFT, LAT).
• Speech therapist

Provisionally licensed mental health professionals
cannot bill Medicaid directly, but must provide services
through a supervising provider.

For end-stage renal disease-related services, there must
be at least one in-person exam per month of the vascular
access site.

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