Nebraska Telehealth Laws & Reimbursement Policies

Nebraska Medicaid reimburses for live video, store-and-forward, and remote patient monitoring under some circumstances. Reimbursement for store-and-forward is only specified for teleradiology.

Telehealth consultation means any contact between a client and a health care practitioner relating to the health care diagnosis or treatment of such client through telehealth.  For the purposes of telehealth, a consultation includes any service delivered through telehealth.

No reimbursement for telephone.

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Out-of-State Telehealth Services are covered in some circumstances.

NE Medicaid does provide an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program consisting of physical exercise or conditioning and concurrent telemetric monitoring are considered a valuable therapeutic modality. When a program is provided by a hospital to its outpatients, the service is covered as an outpatient service.

Telehealth means the use of medical information electronically exchanged from one site to another, whether synchronously or asynchronously, to aid a health care provider in the diagnosis or treatment of a patient.

Private payers and self-funded employee benefit plans must provide, upon the request of a policyholder, certificate holder, or health care provider, a description of the telehealth and telemonitoring services covered under the relevant policy, certificate, contract, or plan.

Private payers and self-funded employee benefit plans are prohibited from excluding a service from coverage solely because the service is delivered through telehealth and is not provided through in-person consultation or contact between a licensed health care provider and a patient.

Uniform Credentialing Act (Licensed/Credentialed Health Professionals): Telehealth means the use of medical information electronically exchanged from one site to another, whether synchronously or asynchronously, to aid a credential holder in the diagnosis or treatment of a patient.

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A physician or physician assistant may establish a provider-patient relationship through telehealth and may prescribe while using telehealth.

Member of the following: Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, Nurse Licensure Compact, and Compact of the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards.

A stroke system of care task force shall recommend eligible essential health care services for acute stroke care provided through telehealth.