Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 8 - Medicaid Coverage and Payment
Chapter 110 - Medicaid Coverage; Professional Services
Article 18 - Telehealth
7 AAC 110.639 - Telehealth definitions

(1) "consulting provider" means a provider who evaluates a recipient's healthcare information by means of a telehealth modality based on a referral or request from another provider;

(2) "patient-initiated online digital service" means evaluation, assessment, and management services of an established patient through a secure platform such as an electronic health record portal, secure electronic mail, or digital application when the patient is the originator of the interaction with the provider;

(3) "provider" means a professional, facility, or other type of provider and includes a rendering provider, a referring provider, and a consulting provider;

(4) "rendering provider" means a provider who evaluates, diagnoses, and treats a recipient;

(5) "referring provider" means a rendering provider who refers a recipient to another rendering provider to diagnose or treat the recipient when the recipient requires services or a specialty beyond the scope of the license or certification of the rendering provider making the referral;

(6) "telehealth" means the practice of health care delivery, evaluation, diagnosis, consultation, or treatment using the transfer of medical data, audio, visual, or data communications at two or more locations between a provider and recipient who are physically separated from each other.