Page 48 State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies A Comprehensive Scan of the 50 States and District of Columbia

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STATE LAW/REGULATIONS MEDICAID PROGRAM

• Provider offices;
• Hospitals;
• Critical Access Hospitals (CAH);
• Rural Health Clinics (RHC);
• Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC);
• Skilled nursing facilities;
• Community mental health centers;
• GA public health clinics;
• School-based clinics.

Eligible distant sites:

• Provider offices;
• Hospitals;
• Critical Access Hospitals (CAH);
• Rural Health Clinics (RHC);
• Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC);
• Skilled nursing facilities;
• Community mental health centers;
• GA public health clinics.

Source: GA Dept. of Community Health, GA Medicaid
Telemedicine Handbook, p. 3, (Nov. 2012).
Cross-State Licensure
Must be a Georgia licensed practitioner. Providers must have a Georgia license.

Source: GA Admin. Code Sec. 360-3-.07 Source: GA Dept. of Community Health, GA Medicaid
Telemedicine Handbook, p. 3, (Nov. 2012).
Private Payers
Requires coverage of telemedicine services, subject to No reference found.
contract terms and conditions.

Source: GA Rules & Regulations. Sec. 33-24-56.4 (2012).

Site/Transmission Fee
No reference found. Rural Health Clinics and FQHCs can collect a telehealth
origination site facility fee.

Source: GA Dept. of Community Health, CA Medicaid Rural Health
Clinic Services Handbook, p. 48 (Jan. 2015) and FQHC Handbook,
p. 42 (Jan. 2015).

Miscellaneous

Comments: Patients who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid (known as dual eligibles), will receive
mental health care through Medicare, with Medicaid the payer of last resort. Though not available in
all areas of the state, Medicare-funded mental health services are currently provided to nursing
home residents via telemedicine, face-to-face visits by providers in the nursing home, and nursing
home resident visits to psychiatric/mental health clinics or offices, for those individuals able to travel.

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