Telemedicine is interactive video and audio.
Telemedicine suite costs include
- Telecommunications
- Equipment
- Consultant
- Patient
- Personnel
- IT Personnel
- Telemedicine personnel
Two options
- ISDN – Phone Company
- IP – Internet
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IP Telecommunications
Costs are per month (example for 768k):
- 4 clinics/month, 8 patients/clinic
- cost $200.00/month
- 30 minutes/patient=20 hours/month
- $200.00 x 2 (both sites)=$400.00/month
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Patient Suite
MIMI Telemedicine Suite Cost |
Hospital Suite
Telemedicine Suite Cost |
| Video Cart |
$9,600.00 |
Interactive Video |
$7,000.00 |
| AMD Derm Camera |
$6,000.00 |
Telecommunications |
$1,000.00 |
| Telecommunications |
$1,000.00 |
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| Total |
$16,600.00 |
Total |
$8,000.00 |
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| Optional TeleRadiology |
$15,000.00 |
Optional TeleRadiology |
$12,000.00 |
Reimbursement
- Only certain CPT codes
(99241-99245, 99251-99255, 99261-99263, and 99271-99275)
- Medicare allows for facility fee - $20.00
- Provider payment tied to originating site
Future
- Expanded CPT codes
- Expanded originated site
- Home Health and Disease Management
- RHIO - Regional Health Information Organization
- Lower EMR cost, central point for information
- Evidence based medicine
Help
- OSU Telemedicine Consultation
- American Telemedicine Association
- Telemedicine Information Exchange
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