96 Percent of South Carolina's Medicaid Fee-for-Service Telemedicine Payments Were Insufficiently Documented or Otherwise Unallowable

Medicaid telemedicine services are health services delivered via telecommunication systems. A Medicaid patient at a referring site uses audio and video equipment to communicate with a health professional at a consulting site. Medicaid views telemedicine services as a cost-effective alternative to the more traditional face-to-face way of providing medical care.