Parity
SERVICE PARITY
All health insurance plans in this State shall provide coverage for health care services and dental services delivered through telemedicine by a health care provider at a distant site to a patient at an originating site to the same extent that the plan would cover the services if they were provided through in-person consultation.
SOURCE: VT Statutes Annotated, Title 8 Sec. 4098a, (Accessed Mar. 2026).
Audio-Only Telephone
A health insurance plan shall provide coverage for all medically necessary, clinically appropriate health care services delivered remotely by audio-only telephone to the same extent that the plan would cover the services if they were provided through in-person consultation. Services covered under this subdivision shall include services that are covered when provided in the home by home health agencies.
SOURCE: VT Statutes Annotated, Title 8 Sec. 4098b, (Accessed Mar. 2026).
PAYMENT PARITY
A health insurance plan shall provide the same reimbursement rate for services billed using equivalent procedure codes and modifiers, subject to the terms of the health insurance plan and provider contract, regardless of whether the service was provided through an in-person visit with the health care provider or through telemedicine.
This shall not apply:
- To services provided pursuant to the health insurance plan’s contract with a third-party telemedicine vendor to provide health care or dental services; or
- In the event that a health insurer and health care provider enter into a value-based contract for health care services that include care delivered through telemedicine or by store-and-forward means.
SOURCE: VT Statutes Annotated, Title 8 Sec. 4098a, (Accessed Mar. 2026).