Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! The Unexpected Laws that May Affect Your Telehealth Business -

An increasing number of health care providers are exploring telemedicine, either as an adjunct to their primary physical practice or as a separate and new venture. Providers have determined that many aspects of the service they provide can be effectively provided remotely if the technology and the tools are adequate. However, when a provider expands from single-state practice to potentially fifty state practice, the legal and regulatory regime that the provider is used to may not translate to all of the provider’s new practice locations. In fact, it almost certainly will not and telehealth providers need to review a number of different regulatory regimes in each state they propose to practice in.