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Center for Connected Health Policy
Massachusetts
Medicaid Program: MassHealth
Program Administrator: MA Dept. of Health and Human Services
Regional Telehealth Resource Center:
Northeast Telehealth Resource Center
11 Parkwood Drive
Augusta, ME 04330
(207) 622-7566 / (800) 379-2021
www.netrc.org
Recent Policy Developments:
Massachusetts passed SB 2400 in 2012, which requires the MA Division of Insurance and Board of Registration in
Medicine to review out-of-state physician issues and develop recommendations for legislation to permit use of out-
of-state physicians for telemedicine.
STATE LAW/REGULATIONS MEDICAID PROGRAM
Definition of telemedicine/telehealth
“Telemedicine as it pertains to the delivery of health care No reference found.
services, shall mean the use of interactive audio, video
or other electronic media for the purpose of diagnosis,
consultation or treatment. ‘Telemedicine’ shall not
include the use of audio-only telephone, facsimile
machine or e-mail.”
Source: Annotated Laws of MA. Chapter 175, Sec. 47BB.
Live Video Reimbursement
Private payers may provide coverage of telemedicine No reference found.
services (subject to contract terms and conditions),
which includes live video.
(See “Private Payers” section).
Source: MA Advanced Legislative Service. Chapter 224, S.B. 2400
(2012).
Store and Forward Reimbursement
No reference found. No reference found.
Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement
No reference found. In the FY 2014 State Budget, MA appropriates funds for
the reimbursement of telehealth remote patient
monitoring provided by home health agencies as a
service to clients reimbursable through Medicaid, as
long as it is for short term reimbursement.
Source: MA EOHHS and MassHealth. 4000-300.
Email/Phone/FAX Restrictions
No Reimbursement for email. No reimbursement for telephone. No reference to email
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