Eligible Health Care Providers

Neither Medi-Cal nor private payer insurance limits which health care providers get reimbursed for telemedicine services, as long as the services are clinically appropriate and rooted in evidence-based medicine. The types of providers that qualify include:

• Physicians
• Physician assistants
• Nurse practitioners
• Clinical nurse specialists
• Registered dietitians or nutrition professionals
• Nurse-midwives
• Certified registered nurse anesthetists
• Clinical psychologists
• Clinical social workers
• Dentists
• Dermatologists
• Ophthalmologists
• Speech-language pathologists
• Audiologists
• OTs and PTs

Online Prescriptions

An examination is required for a doctor to call in a prescription, however this doesn’t have to be in person. Examinations can include a telehealth interview, self-screening tool, or questionnaire. Prescriptions can be filled remotely through telepharmacy services and dispensed through remote dispensing site pharmacies.