Minnesota Telemedicine Telehealth State Laws & Reimbursement Policies

Minnesota Medicaid provides reimbursement for live video and store-and-forward through their Medical Assistance program for certain providers when patients are located at specific originating sites.

Click for a list of Medicaid definitions.

No reimbursement for email
No reimbursement for phone
No reimbursement for fax

For alcohol and drug abuse services, the member must have consented to receiving services over telemedicine.

Out-of-state coverage policy applies to services provided via telemedicine. See out-of-state providers section of manual.

Click for a list of requirements for early intensive developmental and behavioral intervention services.

“Telemedicine” means the delivery of health care services or consultations while the patient is at an originating site and the licensed health care provider is at a distant site.

Private payers are required to provide coverage for telemedicine in the same manner, and at the same reimbursement rate, as other services provided in-person.

A health carrier shall reimburse on the same basis that would apply to those services if the service had been delivered in-person. However, the carrier can establish criteria that a health care provider must meet to demonstrate the safety or efficacy of delivering a service via telemedicine. They can also require a health care provider to agree to certain documentation or billing practices to protect against fraud.

"Telemedicine" means the delivery of health care services or consultations while the patient is at an originating site and the licensed health care provider is at a distant site.

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A physician-patient relationship may be established through telemedicine

A physician licensed in another state can provide telemedicine services to a patient in Minnesota if their license has never been revoked or restricted in any state, they agree to not open an office in Minnesota, meet with patients in Minnesota, or receive calls in Minnesota from patients and they register with the state’s board.

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