Fifteen states and the District of Columia have laws requiring health insurers to cover remote patient monitoring services delivered via telehealth technologies, according to a recent report from law firm Foley and Lardner.
For its February report, Foley and Lardner examined state telehealth laws such as reimbursement provisions and remote patient monitoring regulations. These include requiring payers to reimburse telehealth services at the same rate as in person and offering remote monitoring to beneficiaries.
Here are the states whose law requires remote patient monitoring coverage, according to the report:
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Mississippi
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Washington, D.C.
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