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STATE LAW/REGULATIONS MEDICAID PROGRAM
No reference found. Participant informed consent is required.
Source: Medicaid Telehealth Policy. Rev. 7/18/2014.
http://www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Portals/0/Providers/Medic
aid/TelehealthPolicy.pdf (accessed Jul. 2014)
Location
No reference found. Telehealth services are only covered for participants
who live in a rural HPSA or MSA where there is a
shortage of qualified providers. The provider must
document when there is no provider available to provide
the services in person.
Source: Medicaid Telehealth Policy. Rev. 7/18/2014.
http://www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Portals/0/Providers/Medic
aid/TelehealthPolicy.pdf (accessed Jul. 2014)
Cross-State Licensing
No reference found. No reference found.
Private Payers
No reference found. No reference found.
Site/Transmission Fee
No reference found. ID Medicaid does reimburse for the transmission fee of
the originating and distant site for mental health
services.
Source: Idaho MMIS Provider Handbook: allopathic and
Osteopathic Physicians. Dec. 2014, p. 27.
Source: Medicaid Telehealth Policy. Rev. 7/18/2014.
http://www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Portals/0/Providers/Medic
aid/TelehealthPolicy.pdf (accessed Jul. 2014)
Miscellaneous
Comments:
Idaho has a “Telehealth Council” that meets regularly to coordinate and develop a comprehensive set
of standards, policies, rules and procedures for the use of telehealth and telemedicine in Idaho.
Source: State of Idaho. Telehealth Council. (accessed Jan. 7, 2015)
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