Ohio Telehealth State Laws & Reimbursement Policies

Ohio Medicaid reimburses for live video telemedicine. They do not provide reimbursement for store-and-forward or remote patient monitoring.

"Telemedicine" is the direct delivery of services to a patient via synchronous, interactive, real-time electronic communication that comprises both audio and video elements.

Electronic mail, telephone and facsimile transmission are not telemedicine.

The originating site is responsible for obtaining informed consent.

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Physicians – Obtaining a Telemedicine certificate by an out of state provider: The practice of telemedicine means the practice of medicine in this state through the use of any communication, including oral, written, or electronic communication, by a physician located outside this state.

Informed consent is required (“patient’s agreement or signed authorization”). Must be documented in patient’s record.

A physician shall not prescribe, personally furnish or otherwise provide, or cause to be provided any controlled substance or non-controlled substance to a person on whom the physician has never conducted a physical examination, with the exceptions listed below.

Ohio issues telemedicine certificates that allow the holder to engage in the practice of telemedicine in the state. Providers with telemedicine certificates cannot practice in OH without a special activity certificate.

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