Page 68 State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies A Comprehensive Scan of the 50 States and District of Columbia

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the time an abortion-inducing drug is provided.

Source: IA Admin. Code, 653 13.10.
Consent
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Miscellaneous
Iowa contracts with Magellan Health Services to
manage the Iowa Plan for Behavioral Health. The
delivery of psychiatric evaluation and medication
management via webcam/video/audio to Iowa Plan
Medicaid members is available through the Iowa Plan.

Members must consent to using telehealth.

Members must have an in-person intake at the
provider’s location, where the option of telehealth is
discussed.

Source: Iowa Plan for Behavioral Community Reinvestment.
Magellan of Iowa. http://www.magellanofiowa.com/for-providers-
ia/community-reinvestment.aspx (accessed Jul. 18, 2014)

Source: Telehealth Psychiatric Service Standards. Magellan
Behavioral Care of Iowa.
http://www.magellanofiowa.com/media/740191/telehealth_service
_standards_addendum_jan2014.pdf (accessed Jul. 18, 2014).

Comments: A letter from the Department of Human Services addressed to the Elderly Waiver
Interim Committee and posted on the Iowa legislature’s website indicates that Iowa Medicaid will
pay for otherwise covered medical services if rendered via telemedicine and if the standard in the
medical community would support rendering those services via telemedicine. CCHP has reached
out to Iowa Medicaid staff, who have confirmed this practice in Iowa Medicaid, stating that a service
rendered via telemedicine must meet the general provisions for Medicaid covered services outlined
in 441 Iowa Administrative Code 79.9(2). However, Iowa Medicaid has not published an official
telehealth policy.

State of Iowa, Department of Human Services. Letter to the Elderly Waiver Interim Committee regarding Follow up
Information to hearing. (December 29,
2008), https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/LSA/IntComHand/2009/IHPAF026.PDF (accessed Jan. 7, 2015).

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