WCD Proposes Rules for Coverage of Telehealth Services

The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division proposed new rules that provide reimbursements for certain telephone and online evaluations at rates that are the same as what is paid for services provided in a doctor’s office. “As telehealth services become more common, fair reimbursement should serve to promote access by workers to needed medical care,” the division said in rulemaking materials. The WCD said the proposed rules would define “telehealth” and say that all health care services provided remotely “must be appropriate.” The rules would cla...