Oregon Critical Access Hospital Telehealth Services

This story map shows the originating and distant Telehealth sites for Oregon’s 25 Critical Access Hospitals. Detail is provided for each hospital.

Oregon Rural Health Clinic Telehealth

The Oregon Office of Rural Health (ORH) created an ArcGIS Story Map: Oregon Rural Health Clinic Telehealth: 2020 in partnership with the Telehealth Alliance of Oregon (TAO) and the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center (NRTRC). This work contextualizes and catalogs the health care services that Oregon’s Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) are able to deliver via telehealth.

Oregon Senate Bill 569 describes that the Oregon Health Authority shall prescribe by rule the information and documents that a governing body of an originating-site hospital may request for credentialing a telemedicine provider located at a distant-site hospital. ORS 441.056 speaks specifically to the rules outlined in this Bill for credentialing telemedicine providers.

The Oregon Medical Board (OMB) details telemedicine guidance described in their Statement of Philosophy on Telemedicine. The OMB Telemedicine webpage outlines rules for practicing across state lines, and practice guidelines for physicians (DO, MD, DPM), physician assistants, and acupuncturists.

• Oregon Health Authority
  Prioritized List: 1-1-2021 Prioritized List of Health Services
  Source: Oregon Health Authority. Retrieved January 4, 2021.

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 
  CY2021 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule List of Medicare Telehealth Services (12/21/2020)
  Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Retrieved January 4,2021

• Center for Connected Health Policy
  Finalized CY 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Fact Sheet | December 2020
  Source: Center for Connected Health Policy. Retrieved January 2, 2021. 

• COVID-19 Telehealth Policy and Payment for Oregon Clinics & Hospitals: This interactive story map outlines federal, state and private payor telehealth policy implications from the CARES Act, Oregon 1135 waiver with reimbursement resources for each payor type. 

• Telehealth Reimbursement Overview (CY2020)

• American Telemedicine Association
• Center for Connected Health Policy
• Centers for Medicaid and Medicare—C2C Telehealth Resources
• National Telecommunication and Information Administration Broadband Map
• National Telehealth Resource Center (NTRC)
• Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center (NRTRC)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSA)
  To support implementation of telehealth across diverse mental health and substance use disorder treatment settings see, Telehealth for the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders, published (2021).

Project ECHO is tele-mentoring education for providers on complex conditions, such as: Hepatitis C, Diabetes, Pain management and Addictions. Through video-conferencing, providers receive didactic training and advice on their complex cases from a team of Specialists (a Hub). Participating providers receive no cost CMEs and Nursing CEUs.

If you are outside of Oregon, find an ECHO program near you.

The Oregon ECHO Network is a statewide utility that supports the delivery of ECHO programming and services. Please see this link for available program opportunities. All programs are offered for no cost to the participant or facility and offer no cost CME.

For more information on how your facility can participate, please contact Maggie McDonnell.