Mississippi has no private-payer telehealth payment parity requirement
Summary
Mississippi requires private insurers to cover telehealth to the same extent as in-person care but does not require equal payment rates. Insurers may reimburse telehealth visits at lower rates than in-person visits.
Mississippi law mandates that telehealth be covered to the same extent as in-person services, but CCHP notes there is no explicit payment parity requirement governing reimbursement rates. Private payers can therefore pay telehealth at less than the comparable in-person rate. This affects clinicians across the state who deliver telehealth to commercially insured patients and can reduce the financial viability of telehealth programs.
Source: Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP), Mississippi state telehealth page (2026).
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