Emergency Telehealth Policy
Date: 03/19/20
In response to the coronavirus outbreak, the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) is expanding its coverage of telehealth services throughout the state in alignment with Governor Tate Reeves’ recommendations on leveraging telemedicine to care for patients while limiting unnecessary travel, clinic visits and possible exposure.
DOM defines telehealth services as the delivery of health care by an enrolled Medicaid provider, through a real-time communication method, to a beneficiary who is located at a different site. DOM defines the distant site, also referred to as the hub site, as the physical location of the provider delivering the telehealth service at the time the telehealth service is provided. The beneficiary’s physical location at the time the telehealth service is provided is the originating site. For a complete reference to DOM’s telehealth policy, see the Administrative Code section: https://medicaid.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Admin-Code-Part-225.pdf.
Click the link below to access the complete Emergency Telehealth Policy. *Updated 3/20/2020