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1 | | telehealth telepsychiatry . The Department, by rule, shall |
2 | | establish: (i) criteria for such services to be reimbursed, |
3 | | including appropriate facilities and equipment to be used at |
4 | | both sites and requirements for a physician or other licensed |
5 | | health care professional to be present at the site where the |
6 | | patient is located; however, the Department shall not require |
7 | | that a physician or other licensed health care professional be |
8 | | physically present in the same room as the patient for the |
9 | | entire time during which the patient is receiving telehealth |
10 | | telepsychiatry services; and (ii) a method to reimburse |
11 | | providers for mental health services provided by telehealth |
12 | | telepsychiatry .
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13 | | (c) The Department shall reimburse any Medicaid certified |
14 | | eligible facility or provider organization that acts as the |
15 | | location of the patient at the time a telehealth service is |
16 | | rendered, including substance abuse centers licensed by the |
17 | | Department of Human Services' Division of Alcoholism and |
18 | | Substance Abuse. |
19 | | (d) On and after July 1, 2012, the Department shall reduce |
20 | | any rate of reimbursement for services or other payments or |
21 | | alter any methodologies authorized by this Code to reduce any |
22 | | rate of reimbursement for services or other payments in |
23 | | accordance with Section 5-5e. |
24 | | (Source: P.A. 100-385, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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