KFF June 22, 2020
Madeline Guth and Elizabeth Hinton

Key Takeaways

To increase health care accessibility and limit risk of exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic, all fifty states and DC are expanding telehealth access for Medicaid beneficiaries. This issue brief highlights recently released federal guidance to assist Medicaid programs in developing telehealth policies in response to the COVID-19, discusses trends in state Medicaid activity to expand coverage and access to telehealth, and highlights state and federal activity support provider infrastructure and patient access to telehealth.

  • States have broad flexibility to determine whether and how to cover services delivered via telehealth in their Medicaid programs. Although states may apply to CMS for Medicaid emergency authorities (including Section 1135 waivers, Section 1915 (c) Appendix K strategies, and Disaster Relief...

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Topics: Digital Health, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Insurance, Medicaid, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider, States, Technology, Telehealth
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