Alaska reimburses for Live Video, Store & Forward & Remote Patient Monitoring, although some restrictions apply.
Telemedicine in your state
Alaska Telehealth State Laws & Reimbursement Policies
Medicaid Telehealth Reimbursement
Summary
Definitions
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Live Video
Policy
Alaska’s Medicaid program will reimburse for services “provided through the use of camera, video, or dedicated audio conference equipment on a real-time basis.”
Alaska Medicaid Live Video Policy and Eligible Services/Specialties
Eligible Services/Specialties
Click for a list of eligible services/specialties for Telemedicine in Alaska.
Eligible Providers
Office consultations performed by a provider of the same specialty within the same organization are not covered.
Facility/Transmission Fee
The department will pay only for professional services for a telemedicine application of service. The department will not pay for the use of technological equipment and systems associated with a telemedicine application to render the service.
Store-and-Forward
Policy
Alaska Medicaid will reimburse for Store & Forward telehealth as long as the service is provided through transferring digital images, sounds, or previously recorded video from one location to another.
Transmission Fee
The department will pay only for professional services for a telemedicine application of service. The department will not pay for the use of technological equipment and systems associated with a telemedicine application to render the service.
Remote Patient Monitoring
Policy
Alaska Medicaid will reimburse for services delivered through self-monitoring, where the patient is monitored in their home via a telemedicine application, with the provider indirectly involved from another location.
Email/Phone/Fax
No reimbursement for the telephone when not part of a dedicated audio conference system. No reimbursement for FAX.
Miscellaneous
Click for a list of documentation requirements for telemedicine consultations.
Online Prescribing
The guiding principles for telemedicine practice in the American Medical Association (AMA), Report 7 of the Council on Medical Service (A-14), Coverage of and Payment for Telemedicine, dated 2014, and the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), Model Policy for the Appropriate Use of Telemedicine Technologies in the Practice of Medicine, dated April 2014, are adopted by reference as the standards of practice when providing treatment, rendering a diagnosis, prescribing, dispensing, or administering a prescription or controlled substance without first conducting an in-person physical examination.
Miscellaneous
The Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development is required to adopt regulations for establishing and maintaining a registry of businesses performing telemedicine in the state.