Source: Advocates for Ohio’s Future
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) acted quickly to implement an emergency rule that temporarily expanded the scope of telehealth services for the Ohio Medicaid program to increase access to medical and behavioral health services using telehealth.
Recently, the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR) made the temporary expansion of telemedicine services permanent to ensure patients have access to health care even with limits on in-person contact.