Kentucky

MATRC ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

Joneen Lowman, PhD, CCC-SLP

Associate Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Director, Graduate Certificate in Telehealth, University of Kentucky

Wayne Noble, MPA

Project Manager, KY Office of Rural Health, University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health

Rob Sprang, MBA (MATRC Consultative Service Partner)

Director, UK TeleCare, University of Kentucky HealthCare

KENTUCKY TELEHEALTH POLICY

Kentucky Telehealth Interest Group: MATRC supports a KentuckyTelehealth Statewide Listserve - an email distribution list for individuals who live and/or work in telehealth across Kentucky. By joining this distribution list, you will receive information about legal and regulatory policy updates, annual Kentucky Telehealth Summit, ad-hoc telehealth webinars conducted by the Kentucky Telehealth Leadership team and many other Kentucky telehealth-specific items. Leadership for this group is provided by Rob Sprang, Director of UK Telehealth. To be added to the distribution list, sign up here and select "Kentucky Telehealth" from the list.

Board of Health Professions

Kentucky Scope of Practice Policies
Kentucky Health Professions Licensing Boards
- Board of Medical Licensure
  - Board Opinion Regarding the Use of Telemedicine Technologies in the Practice of Medicine
- Board of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology (Source: Title 201, Ch. 17, Sec. 110) .
- Board of Optometric Examiners (Source: Title 201, Ch. 5, Sec. 055).
- Board of Dentistry Examiners (Source: Title 201, Ch. 8, Sec. 590)
- Board of Physical Therapy (Source: Title 201, Ch. 22, Sec. 160)
- Board of Dieticians and Nutritionists (Source: Title 201, Ch. 33, Sec. 070)
- Board of Applied Behavior Analysis (Source: Title 201, Ch. 43, Sec. 100)
- Board of Nursing (Source: Title 201, Ch. 20, Sec. 520)
  - Board of Nursing Advisory Opinion Statement on Telehealth and Nursing (revised 6/2025)
- Board of Psychology (Source: Title 201, Ch. 26, Sec. 310)
- Board of Occupational Therapy (Source: Title 201, Ch. 28, Sec. 235)
- Board of Marriage and Family Therapists (Source: Title 201, Ch. 32, Sec. 110)
- Board of Veterinarians

Medicaid

The Kentucky Medicaid Telehealth Resource Guide provides an overview of Kentucky Medicaid Telehealth Policies. In addition, below is a subset of most frequently requested KY Medicaid Policies related to Telehealth:

For other provider types, visit the KY Medicaid Provider Information website.

Private Payers

Kentucky has both service and payment parity related to telehealth services.

Telehealth Associations/Organizations/Initiatives

Project ECHO
- Trager Institute Project ECHO

Veterans

If you are a veteran, visit our Veterans Telehealth Page.