 Individual psychiatrists are adopting this method more and more with willing, interested patients, and it is an especially useful tool for consumers with limited mobility included the elderly and the disabled.Unfortunately, home-based telepsychiatry is not typically reimbursed by private payors or Medicaid, though many states are adopting measures into their legislation in the form of parity laws that would allow for it to be reimbursed in the future.Forensic telepsychiatry is the use of a remote psychiatrist or nurse practitioner for psychiatry in a prison or correctional facility, including psychiatric assessment, medication consultation, suicide watch, pre-parole evaluations and more.