HB1657

Mississippi HB1657 revises health benefit plans to allow telemedicine use, set reimbursement rates, and define alternative destinations.

Mississippi HB1657 amends the Mississippi Code to allow the use of telemedicine when treating or assessing an enrollee in a health benefit plan. It revises the minimum allowable reimbursement rate for out-of-network ambulance service providers. The bill defines "alternative destination" as a lower-acuity facility, excluding critical access hospitals, dialysis centers, hospitals, private residences, and skilled nursing facilities. It mandates that health benefit plans cover ambulance services to treat or assess enrollees in place or transport them to alternative destinations.