Sec. 325-1.8. Emergency medical aid and telemedicine

(a) In the event of a serious accident requiring immediate emergency medical aid, an ambulance or any physician may be called to give first aid treatment.

(b) Telemedicine, using two-way audio and visual electronic communication, or treatment via telephone, may be used by authorized providers where medically appropriate for social distancing purposes due to the outbreak of COVID-19 during the state of emergency in accordance with the Department of Health COVID-19 Medicaid Guidance and guidance issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or irrespective of purely social distancing considerations, in the clinical judgment of the authorized provider, the potential risk of COVID-19 infection to an individual patient outweighs any real or perceived incremental benefit derived from an in-person versus remote or virtual appointment. The authorized provider shall indicate on their report that such assessment was done using telemedicine by use of modifier 95 and indicating a place of service as 11, or telephonically by indicating place of service as 02. The provider shall also confirm the employee’s identity as well as provide basic information about the services the employee is receiving by telephone or telemedicine.