SB 426

Abstract

State plan for medical assistance services; remote patient monitoring. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to provide for the payment of medical assistance for (i) remote patient monitoring services provided via telemedicine for patients who have experienced a chronic or acute health condition who have had two or more hospitalizations or emergency department visits related to such health condition in the previous 12 months, when there is evidence that the use of remote patient monitoring is likely to prevent readmission to a hospital or emergency department, and (ii) provider-to-provider consultations that is no more restrictive than, and is at least equal in amount, duration, and scope to, that available through the fee-for-service program.

State plan for medical assistance services; remote patient monitoring. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to provide for the payment of medical assistance for remote patient monitoring services provided via telemedicine for (i) patients who have experienced an acute health condition and for whom the use of remote patient monitoring may prevent readmission to a hospital or emergency department, (ii) patient-initiated asynchronous consultations in the context of an existing provider-patient relationship, and (iii) provider-to-provider consultations.

State plan for medical assistance services;remote patient monitoring. Directs the Board of Medical AssistanceServices to amend the state plan for medical assistance servicesto provide for the payment of medical assistance for remote patientmonitoring services provided via telemedicine (i) for patients whohave experienced an acute health condition and for whom the use ofremote patient monitoring may prevent readmission to a hospital oremergency department, (ii) for patient-initiated asynchronous consultations,and (iii) for provider-to-provider consultations.