Arizona Insurers Required To Cover Rural Telemedicine

Circle Connections: Policy & Regulatory Updates A new state-ordered mandate on insurance companies could soon mean more accessible – and definitely more affordable – health care in rural areas of Arizona. The measure signed into law earlier this month, prohibits health insurers from denying payment for medical services solely because they provided through telemedicine. Put more simply, if the condition or treatment is covered, the insurer has to pay whether it was delivered in a doctor's office or through a televised link-up. Approval came after insurance industry lobbyists, who normally oppose any new mandate, agreed to back the change . . .