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Telehealth Grantee Directory

Sources of Reimbursement

OAT grantee organizations were asked to identify major sources of reimbursement for their projects available in their respective states.  Their responses are indicated in this section. 


ST

Organization

Medicare

Medicaid

Private Payor
(Please Specify)

Other Contract
(Please Specify)

Other Source

AK

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

x

x

Blue Cross, Aetna

IHS Contract Health

 

Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API)

x

x

     

AL

University of South Alabama

 

x

     

AR

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

x

x

Cigna, First Health, First Source, Health Advantage, Humana, QualChoice, Premier Care, United Health Care, USAble, Aetna, AARP Healthcare, Arkansas 1st Source, TRICARE, AR Kids First

   

AZ

Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona

x

x

Although almost all private payors in Arizona reimburse telemedicine services, the patients seen for clinical services in the ADVICE program have been uninsured to date.

Tobacco Tax Funding Indian Health Services

 

Banner Good Samaritan Telemedicine Program

       

N/A

Maricopa County, Arizona

       

N/A

CA

Familia Unida Living with Multiple Sclerosis

       

N/A

Multi-Dimensional Imaging, Inc. of Newport Beach

       

N/A

San Joaquin County Health Care Services

       

N/A

Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital

       

N/A

CO

Avista Adventist Hospital

       

N/A

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

       

N/A

DC

American Red Cross

       

N/A

DC

Foundation For eHealth Initiative

         

CareSpark, TN

   

Anticipated health plans and employers

State of TN Q 1 & 2, 2006

State of VA planned Q 3 & 4, 2006

Accenture NHIN prototype demonstration, Q1-4, 2006

Colorado Health Exchange Network, CO

       

N/A

Indiana Health Information Exchange, IN

       

Our initial model relies on data sources to fund delivery of information much as they do now in a “paper” world.

Maryland/DC Collaborative for Health Information Technology, MD

       

N/A

DC

Massachusetts Health Data Consortium (MA-SHARE), MA

   
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  • Other TBD
  • Markle Connecting for Health Record Locator Service Prototype
  • ONCHIT Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) Architecture
  • AHRQ-CMS ePrescribing Gateway Pilot
  •  Other TBD
  • Partners Health Care System
  • CareGroup Health Systems
  • Commonwealth of MA Executive Office of Health and Human Services
  • Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
  • Other TBD

National Institute for Medical Informatics, WI

       

N/A

Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange, CA

       

N/A

St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation (Whatcom HIE), WA

       

N/A

Taconic Educational Research Fund, NY

       

N/A

FL

BayCare Health System

       

N/A

Florida Cancer Research Cooperative, University of South Florida

       

N/A

University of Florida College of Dentistry (UFCD)

x

x

   

Service Contracts

GA

Morehouse School of Medicine

       

N/A

Ware County Health Department

       

N/A

HI

Hawai’i Primary Care Association (HPCA)

x

 

HMSA, AlohaCare, Quest

   

Moloka’i General Hospital

x

x

HMSA, Blue Cross/Blue Shield

   

IA

Iowa Chronic Care Consortium

 

x

     

Mercy Foundation

x

x

Physicians bill 3rd party insurance carriers

   

ID

Clearwater Valley Hospital and Clinics, Inc.

       

N/A

Idaho State University, Institute of Rural Health

 

x

     

North Idaho Rural Health Consortium (NIRHC)

 

x

     

IL

Northern Illinois University/Fermi National Laboratory

 

x

Blue, IL; Humana; Signa; Aetna

 

HRSA

OSF Saint James—John W. Albrecht Medical Center

       

N/A

Saint John’s Hospital

 

P

P-To Be Determined

 

IL Department of Public Health

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

x

x

Multiple private Insurers

Veteran's Hospital, Mental Health Hospital

 

IN

James Whitcomb Riley

 Hospital for Children

x

 

Anthem, Wellpoint, M-Plan, United Health Care

   

Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County

       

N/A

KS

University of Kansas Medical Center

x

x

Blue Cross/Blue Shield

Contract for service between Crawford County Mental Health Center and KUMC Child-Adolescent Psychiatry.

State-wide Telekidcare dollars

KY

The James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital

       

N/A

Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital

       

N/A

New Horizons Health Systems, Inc.

       

N/A

University of KentuckyResearch Foundation—Kentucky TeleCare

 

x

Atena, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Beechstreet PPO, UKHMO, CHA Health, Bluegrass Health Network, C&O Employee’s Hospital Association, CCN PPO, CHAMPVA/Tricare, Cigna, Cooperative Care- Bluegrass Care Alliance, Community Health Partnership, Cumberland Health Care, Inc., Direct Care America, Evolution Healthcare Systems, General American, Harrod Community Health Plan, Hospice of the Bluegrass, Humana, National Provider Network PPO, One Health Plan, PPO Next/Healthstar/PHN, United Healthcare

Federal Prison, State prison, State Public Health Dept. for TB Clinic Consultation

Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement only for certain CPT codes

All private payor/commercial insurance companies are mandated by State of KY to reimburse for telehealth consultations in same manner as face –to-face consultations.

LA

Southwest Louisiana Health Care Systems

 

x

Multiple private insurers

   

Woman’s Hospital

x

x

Aetna, American Lifecare, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana, ChoiceCare Network, CIGNA, Community Care Network, Coventry HealthCare, First Heath Network, Humana, Multiplan, PPO Plus, Private Healthcare Systems, United Healthcare of Louisiana

 

Tricare Prime, Tristan

MA

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

       

N/A

UMass Memorial Medical Center

       

N/A

ME

Regional Medical Center at Lubec

       

N/A

MI

Altarum Institute

       

N/A—Operational funding to be determined in planning process.

Hillsdale Community Health Center

       

N/A

Hurley Medical Center

       

N/A

Michigan State University

       

N/A

Western Michigan University

x

x

   

Patient

MN

Fairview Health Services

       

N/A

MN

University of Minnesota

x

x

Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MN
Health Partners
Medica
Preferred One
Workers Compensation
Select Care Ucare of Minnesota

   

MO

The Curators of the University of Missouri

x

 

Am. Family, Bankers Life, Blue Shield Alliance, Cigna, Gencare, General American, Health Data Svcs. Claim, Healthlink, Healthnet, John Deer Health Care, Missouri Care MC+, Metropolitan, Mercy Health Plan, Preferred Health Plan, Prudential, United Health Care, Ethix PPO, Time Insurance Co., Cooperative Benefit, First Health, Healthsmart Preferred, Humana, National Telephone, NRECA, Proamerica, Waldsworth Publishing

Fort Leonard Wood, Clark Mental Health Ctr.   

 

MT

Benefis Healthcare Foundation

       

N/A

Billings Clinic Foundation

       

N/A

Deaconess Billings Clinic Foundation

x

x

Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Montana, EBMS, New West Health Services

   

Saint Patrick Hospital & Health Foundation

x

x

300+ private payors—EKG interpretation

   

Saint Vincent Healthcare Foundation

x

x

Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Montana/EBMS; Paid by other insurances on case by case basis

 

Patient self pay

The University of Montana—Missoula

       

N/A

NC

Duke University Medical Center

       

N/A

Educational and Research Consortium of Western Carolinas

       

N/A

ND

North Dakota State University College of Pharmacy

x

x

Blue Cross/Blue Shield

 

Cash pay patients.

 Northland Healthcare  Alliance

x

x

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota. Also have been paid by other commercial payers on a case by case basis.

   

NE

Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

x

x

Blue Cross, Starmark, Equitable Life, Three Rivers Benefit Corp, Physicians Mutual, Pioneer, Mutual Protective, Midlands Choice, Union Banders, AARP, TriCare, Cigna, Bankers Life, UniCare Life & Health, CBSA, Midwest Select, Mutual Protective, Thrivent, Options, AARP Healthcare Options, Mutual of Omaha, Mega Health, Medicaid, State Farm, BDPPO, FMH Benefit, Reserve National, Unicare Life & Health, United Health, Allied Benefits

   

University of Nebraska Medical Center

       

N/A

NJ

Hackensack University Medical Center

       

N/A

Saint Peter’s University Hospital