In response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, states have used Medicaid program flexibilities to increase use of telehealth in unprecedented ways. To ensure beneficiary access to services during the emergency period of the pandemic, states have expanded the primary care, acute, and specialty services that can be provided via telehealth; the provider types who may use telehealth; and the permissible modalities.
MACPAC contracted with Mathematica to catalog these policy changes in all states, the District of Columbia, and the territories. The summary report synthesizes key findings from across the states. The catalog provides high level, state-specific information on telehealth policy changes pertaining to services and specialties, providers, modalities, originating site and licensure rules, and payment. Mathematica collected information for the catalog from several publicly available sources between April 20 and May 22, 2020; the data on all states and territories are considered current as of May 1, 2020.
Download the catalog: Changes in Medicaid Telehealth Policies Due to COVID-19.