Table 2.

Medicare telemedicine requirements

Location (Qualifying Rural)	Qualifying Providers
Physician or practitioner offices	Physicians
Hospitals	Nurse practitioners
Critical access hospitals	Physician assistants
Rural health clinics	Nurse midwives
Federally qualified health centers	Clinical nurse specialist
Hospital-based or critical access hospital–-based renal dialysis center	Certified registered nurse anesthetists
Skilled nursing facilities	Clinical psychologist and sociologist
Community mental health centers	Registered dieticians or nutrition professionals
Mobile stroke units	—
Homes of patients with end-stage renal disease receiving home dialysis	—