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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 10.21.30.10" title_num="10" subtitle_num="21" chapter_num="30" heading="Reimbursement.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>There are three categories of fees that the Department shall reimburse an approved TMH provider, as applicable:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Originating site fee;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Professional fee; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Telepresenter fee.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Originating Site Fee.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The originating site facility fee is set forth by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, published annually and included in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, issued by November 1, prior to the start of the calendar year for which it is effective.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Originating sites only may file for reimbursement and shall use the appropriate code modifier.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Fees paid to the originating site may be used to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Purchase, install, and maintain video conferencing equipment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Pay for line or per minute usage charges, or both; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Any additional programmatic, administrative, clinical or contingency support at the originating site.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Professional Fee. Professional Fee for individual providers or OMHC providing TMH is set forth in COMAR 10.21.25.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Telepresenter Fee. Telepresenter Fees for assisting in TMH are set forth in 10.21.25 and subject to the following requirements prior to billing:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A telepresenter fee is applicable only when, due to medical necessity, a licensed independent practitioner is required to present the individual to the distant provider to successfully complete the examination;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Fees for telepresenters that are not licensed independent practitioners, and fees for telepresenters that are licensed independent practitioners, but their presence is not medically necessary, are included as part of the originating site facility fee; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The distant provider shall clearly document in the individual's medical record the rationale requiring the involvement of the licensed independent practitioner, as medically necessary, at any particular session.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>