Telehealth
Telehealth is an important tool for expanding access to health care services for patients in the most marginalized communities. Increasingly, states are exploring options for expanding the scope of the telehealth services for which they will provide Medicaid reimbursement. While most states reimburse for some form of telehealth care under both Medicaid fee-for-service and managed care, policies vary across states and are frequently updated. States likely will continue looking to one another for models as these policies evolve.
America’s Essential Hospitals is monitoring state policies on telehealth reimbursement and the breadth of allowable services.
Questions
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Medicaid Trends in FY 2023 State Budgets
Nov. 1, 2022 ||A recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey highlights common trends in health equity, telehealth access and quality, and coverage expansion initiatives.
view more »State Policy Snapshot: COVID-19 Telehealth Flexibility Made Permanent
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view more »Wash. to Study Effects of Telehealth Use on Underserved Communities
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view more »States Expand Access to Behavioral Health via Telehealth
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