FL S1250

Prohibits Medicaid managed care plans from using exclusively telehealth providers to meet network adequacy requirements.

Requires health insurers to provide equal coverage and reimbursement rates for telehealth services as in-person encounters, effective January 1, 2022.

Prohibits health insurers and HMOs from denying coverage based on telehealth delivery method, excluding services from coverage, or requiring patients to use telehealth instead of in-person visits.

Allows health insurers and HMOs to conduct utilization reviews of telehealth appropriateness and limit telehealth services to network-approved providers.

Requires health insurers to reimburse reasonable originating site fees for telehealth services and apply identical cost-sharing (deductibles, copayments, coinsurance) for telehealth as in-person services.