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STATE LAW/REGULATIONS MEDICAID PROGRAM
Source: AZ Health Care Cost Containment System, AHCCS
Medical Policy Manual, Medical Policy for AHCCCS Covered
Services, Ch. 300, Policy 320: Services With Special
Circumstances, page 178, (Apr. 2012).
Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement
No reference found. Home health is listed as a reimbursable service in fee
for service, but no other reference was found or
explanation of what is considered a “home health”
service.
Source: AZ Health Care Cost Containment System, AHCCCS Fee-
For- Service Provider Manual, Ch. 10: Professional and Technical
Services, p. 38 (Nov. 2014).
Fee for Service and Managed Care
AHCCCS program only reimburses for telemedicine
delivered via real time, Home Health is not a covered
service under this program.
Source: AZ Health Care Cost Containment System .AHCCCS
Medical Policy Manual for AHCCCS Covered Services, Ch. 300,
Policy 320 Services With Special Circumstances, p. 178 (Apr.
2012).
Email/Phone/FAX
Health Care Service Organizations are allowed, but not No reference found.
mandated, to provide covered services through
telemedicine, telephone, and email.
Source: AZ Admin. Code Sec. R20-6-1915 (2012).
No Phone
No Email
No Fax
Source: AZ Statutes 20-841.09.
Online Prescribing
Physicians are prohibited from issuing a prescription to No reference found.
patients without having a physical or mental health
status examination to establish a provider-patient
relationship.
The physical or mental health status examination can be
conducting during a real-time telemedicine encounter.
Source: Arizona Revised Statute Sec. 32-1401 (SB 1339).
Consent
Providers must obtain and document oral or written No reference found.
consent before delivery of services. Oral consent
should be documented on the patient’s medical record.
Source: AZ Revised Statute Sec. 36-3602 (2012).
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