On March 29, 2016, as Governor Inslee signed Senate Bill 6519, Washington became a friendlier state for telemedicine. The new law or “Telemedicine Advancement Law” has a long-winded official title: “Expanding patient access...more
On April 17, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed Substitute Senate Bill 5175 (the “Parity Law”), which expands coverage for telemedicine services paid by health plans in the state of Washington. With the new law, Washington...more
On April 16, President Obama signed into law the “Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015,” (“MACRA”) which repealed the Sustainable Growth Rate (“SGR”) payment formula used to limit annual updates to Medicare...more