Page 55 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
Psychiatric telehealth services not provided through
Idaho Behavioral Health Plan is limited to psychiatric
services for:
• Diagnostic assessment
• Pharmacological management
• Psychotherapy with evaluation and
management services
Services are not reimbursed when provided through a
videophone or webcam.
Source: ID Administrative Code 16.03.09 Sec. 502
Through the Children’s Waiver Services, Idaho Medicaid
will reimburse for crisis intervention consults, or
individual consults by a therapeutic consultant via live
video.
Source (service type): ID Administrative Code 16.03.10.683 (2012).
Store and Forward Reimbursement
No reference found. Idaho Medicaid will only reimburse for interactive audio
and video permitting “real-time communication”,
therefore excluding store and forward from coverage.
Source: Idaho MMIS Provider Handbook: allopathic and
Osteopathic Physicians. Jul. 2014, p. 25.
Source: Medicaid Telehealth Policy. Rev. 7/18/2014.
http://www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Portals/0/Providers/Medic
aid/TelehealthPolicy.pdf (accessed Jul. 2014)
Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement
No reference found. No reference found.
Email/Phone/FAX
No reference found. No reimbursement for telephone, email or fax.
Source: Medicaid Telehealth Policy. Rev. 7/18/2014.
http://www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Portals/0/Providers/Medic
aid/TelehealthPolicy.pdf (accessed Jul. 2014)
Online Prescribing
Prescribing physicians must have prescriber-patient No reference found.
relationship, which includes a documented patient
evaluation adequate to establish diagnoses and identify
underlying conditions and/or contraindications to the
treatment.
Prescriptions based solely on online questionnaires or
consults outside of an ongoing clinical relationship are
prohibited.
Source: ID Code § 54-1733 (2012).
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