{"id":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-059","kind":"context","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Wisconsin; Office of the Commissioner of Insurance","state":"WI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","eco":"","issuer":"Mark V. Afable, Commissioner of Insurance","authority":"Wis. Stat. § 601.41; Emergency Order #2 directive to OCI","instrument":"OCI Bulletin of October 13, 2020","title":"Telemedicine Coverage Request Related to COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-10-13","effective":"2020-10-13","end":"During the fall 2020 public health emergency","startDate":"2020-10-13","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["health plan issuers and interested parties"],"clause":"On October 1, 2020, Governor Tony Evers and Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm issued Emergency Order #2 regarding aid to healthcare facilities providing treatment for COVID-19. The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) was directed to \u0027continue working with health insurers to minimize out-of-network barriers for insured patients seeking telemedicine services.\u0027 OCI is issuing this Bulletin in compliance with that directive. As outlined in the emergency order, COVID-19 is placing a strain on the capacity of healthcare facilities and the contagious nature of the disease may result in non-COVID-19 related health treatments being canceled or delayed. Because of these issues, Health Plan Issuers are once again strongly encouraged to remove any barriers to their insureds utilizing telemedicine services.","enforcement":"Wis. Stat. § 601.64","functions":["IN health plan issuers","TM telehealth and CB payers of Wisconsin providers (industries 01-04)"],"notes":"Records the fall 2020 emergency order and its finding that non-COVID-19 treatments were \u0027being canceled or delayed.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://oci.wi.gov/Pages/Regulation/Bulletin20201013Telemedicine.aspx","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":598526,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-059","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-059","citation":"Mark V. Afable, Commissioner of Insurance, OCI Bulletin of October 13, 2020 (Oct. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-059)","stateName":"Wisconsin","related":[]}