Telehealth for PT Flashcards
what was the OG use
-mental healht
-rural areas with poor access
originating site
site where patient is located at the time health care services are provided to them by the means of telehealth
originating provider
on site with patient
-originally designed where pt goes to/or is at another site and specialist is the distnace site
-now sometimes done with pt in home and no other provider there
-now, named by where the patient is
distant site
site where provider is located while providing health care services by telehealth
distant provider
providing the consultation
medicare payment
-very restricted, medicare does NOT pay for PT
-synchronous only
-no payment for asynch or monitoring
-clearly designed for specialist visits
-patient can not be home… options: office of doctor, nbursing home, hospital
what are medicare approved providers
NO REHAB
private insurer payment
-highly variable
-coloroado law
-removes previous population restriction
-bars health plans from requiring intitial physical encounter, separate limits to benefits receieved via telehealth
-requries health plans to reimburse providers the same amount for a telehealth encounter as an in person
-providers do not have to demonstratae a barrier to in person care before going to telehealth
potential cost savings across US
-ER, prisons, nursing homes, doc officers
post pandemic rehab
-nearly all insurance will pay
-may require some specific new coding/documentation
