Medicine and Surgery Section - Wisconsin.gov
Medicine and Surgery Section - Wisconsin.gov
Medicine and Surgery Section - Wisconsin.gov
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<strong>Medicine</strong> Services<br />
Substance Abuse<br />
Services<br />
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> Medicaid covers the following<br />
substance abuse services:<br />
• Individual substance abuse therapy.<br />
• Family substance abuse therapy.<br />
• Group substance abuse therapy.<br />
Physicians interested in providing substance<br />
abuse should refer to service-specific<br />
Medicaid publications, which may be<br />
downloaded from the Medicaid Web site or<br />
obtained by calling Provider Services at<br />
(800) 947-9627 or (608) 221-9883.<br />
Telemedicine<br />
Telemedicine is the use of telecommunications<br />
technology for diagnostic, monitoring, <strong>and</strong><br />
medical education purposes. <strong>Wisconsin</strong><br />
Medicaid does not cover telemedicine<br />
services.<br />
Weight Management<br />
Services<br />
Weight management services (e.g., diet clinics,<br />
obesity programs, weight loss programs) are<br />
reimbursable only if performed by or under the<br />
direct, on-site supervision of a physician <strong>and</strong> if<br />
performed in a physician’s office. Weight<br />
management services exceeding five visits per<br />
calendar year require PA. Prescription drugs<br />
prescribed for weight loss also require PA.<br />
(Refer to the Pharmacy H<strong>and</strong>book for<br />
additional information about prescription drug<br />
PA requirements.)<br />
Submit claims for weight management services<br />
with the appropriate E&M procedure code.<br />
For weight management services, food<br />
supplements <strong>and</strong> dietary supplies (e.g., liquid or<br />
powdered diet foods or supplements, OTC diet<br />
pills, <strong>and</strong> vitamins) that are dispensed during an<br />
office visit are not separately reimbursable by<br />
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> Medicaid.<br />
32 <strong>Wisconsin</strong> Medicaid <strong>and</strong> BadgerCare dhfs.wisconsin.<strong>gov</strong>/medicaid/ December 2005<br />
<strong>Wisconsin</strong><br />
Medicaid does not<br />
cover telemedicine<br />
services.