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vickybrandt
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 ====== Insurers and Other Payers ====== ====== Insurers and Other Payers ======
  
-Governor'​s Telehealth ​Declaration: https://​www.mass.gov/​doc/​march-15-2020-telehealth-order?​fbclid=IwAR0earqd9cWYMYYZCC5hrBhLEP_Shk7p5uLqDsoOQtjiyckrMHykz8AuU8U+Governor'​s Telehealth ​Coverage Executive Order, March 15, 2020[[https://​www.mass.gov/​doc/​march-15-2020-telehealth-order?​fbclid=IwAR0earqd9cWYMYYZCC5hrBhLEP_Shk7p5uLqDsoOQtjiyckrMHykz8AuU8U|PDF at mass.gov]]. Crucial text from the Order: 
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 +> [Payers] are hereby **required to allow all in-network providers to deliver clinically approrpriate,​ medically necessary covered service to members via telehealth.** ​ [...] 
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 +> [Insurers] **shall not impose any specific requirements on the technologies used** to deliver telehealth services (including any limitations on audio-only or live video technologies.) 
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 +> The GIC and all Carriers shall ensure that **rates of payment** to in-network providers **for services delivered via telehealth are not lower** than the rates of payment established by the Carrier for services delivered via traditional (i.e., in-person) methods, and **shall notify providers of any instructions necessary to facilitate billing for such telehealth services.** 
  
 [[MassHealth]] [[MassHealth]]
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 [[Optum]] [[Optum]]
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 +[[Tufts]]
  
 [[Aetna]] [[Aetna]]
  
 [[Cigna]] [[Cigna]]
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 +[[Unicare State Indemnity Plan]]
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 +[[Medicaid/​Medicare]]
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 +====== General Billing Info ======
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 +Use location code 02 for telehealth rather than 11 for office
 +\\ Use modifier GT or 95 for most insurers
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