Already facilitated by the abolition of the prior physical visit, the teleconsultation has been 100% covered by Health Insurance since Wednesday March 18.
It is one of the tools that facilitate patient care and that meets the precautionary criteria to be taken during the Covid-19 epidemic. Teleconsultation which, since September 2018, when it was covered by Health Insurance and reimbursed as a classic consultation, was struggling to develop, has shown since the start of the health crisis its relevance in terms of access to care. .
Jérôme Salomon, the Director General of Health even said that she should be “preferred” to going to the doctor.
Nothing to pay for the patient
While she had to be taken care of with her attending physician or at least with a doctor with whom a physical consultation had already taken place, a first facilitation measure was taken from the start of the health crisis in removing this condition.
Since March 18, Health Insurance has this time covered 100% of the cost of this teleconsultation in third-party payment, that is to say without the patient having to pay anything. All you have to do is tick the box “exempt special care” in the personal space of the social security site, Ameli, for this coverage to be automatic.
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