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Massachusetts Adopts Permanent Telehealth Policy for the First Time

Last Thursday, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine (BORIM) approved its first permanent telehealth policy. The Board’s policy provides that: (1) a “face-to-face encounter" is not a pre-requisite for a...more

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Compliance Issues When Prescribing Controlled Substances via Telemedicine

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State laws and rules addressing prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine typically fall into three categories: States expressly “allowing” telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances without a prior...more

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Delaware’s New Telemedicine Rules: Top Four Changes to Know

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The Delaware Board of Medicine recently enacted new regulations pertaining to telemedicine and telehealth. As we previously reported, the new regulations are intended to clarify the language in Delaware’s Medical Practice...more

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Recap: Telemedicine and Legal Issues You Should Know

Telemedicine is a rapidly growing industry that uses telecommunications to gather, store, and communicate clinical information. It is a subcategory of telehealth, which is the broader term encompassing all uses of...more

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Iowa’s New Telehealth Law: What You Need to Know

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Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds recently signed a new bill into law requiring commercial health insurers in the Hawkeye State to cover health care services provided via telehealth to the same extent those services are covered via...more

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Top Three Changes in Delaware’s New Proposed Telemedicine Rules

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The Delaware Board of Medicine has issued proposed regulations clarifying certain statutory provisions pertaining to telemedicine and telehealth. As we previously reported, Delaware’s Medical Practice Act imposes certain...more

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10 Tips for Complying with Georgia’s Telemedicine Laws

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On January 22, 2018, the Georgia House of Representatives adopted a Resolution recognizing telehealth as an important tool to improving access to health care in Georgia. One week later, the Georgia Senate recognized January...more

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Telemedicine – An Expanding Landscape

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According to one recent survey, telemedicine services (i.e., remote delivery of healthcare services using telecommunications technology) among large employers (500 or more employees) grew from 18% in 2014 to 59% in 2016. ...more

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Holdout States Loosen Restrictions on Telemedicine but Obstacles Remain

A few months ago, two states that previously imposed onerous telemedicine requirements – Texas and Oklahoma – enacted laws that loosen restrictions on telemedicine providers and generally fall into line with what a vast...more

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Key Takeaways from Oklahoma’s New Telemedicine Law

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Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin recently signed into law SB 726, establishing new telemedicine practice standards, including explicitly allowing doctors to create valid physician-patient relationships via telemedicine without...more

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Texas to Take a Leap Forward in Telehealth – A Proposed Bill Drops the Controversial In-Person Evaluation Requirement

Texas telehealth requirements will significantly change in the near future if Texas Senate Bill 1107 is passed into law, which removes the controversial “face-to-face” or in-person consultation requirement to establish a...more

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Arkansas is at it Again! Telemedicine Regulation in Arkansas Undergoes Additional Change

Arkansas currently has one of the most restrictive telemedicine environments in the country, and was one of the last states to require an in-person examination to form a provider-patient relationship. Prior to September 2016,...more

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Six Ways to Take Advantage of New Hampshire’s New Telemedicine Law

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A physician in New Hampshire can now establish a valid doctor-patient relationship without needing a prior in-person exam. This is among several recent changes in New Hampshire’s telemedicine laws that offer new opportunities...more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: FDA Begins Device User Fee Talks with Patients and Consumers Sept. 15... CMS Extends Partial Enforcement Delay of Two-Midnight Policy Through 2015... Alaska Legislature Sues Governor Over Medicaid Expansion....more

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Telemedicine Prescribers Should Read This Case: U.S. vs. Zadeh

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Health care providers who use telemedicine for remote prescribing of controlled substances should pay close attention to an important case currently pending at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case will decide whether...more

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“Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More”* — Doctors, Vets, and Lawyers in the Antitrust Crosshairs

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Supreme Court Decision in North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission Prompts Legal Challenges to State Professional Boards - Earlier this month a Texas federal district court judge granted a...more

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Telemedicine: Hitting a Few Speed Bumps

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Despite faster Internet connections, better software, increased availability of devices with built-in video, and an increasingly tech-savvy public, the broad acceptance of telemedicine—the use of telecommunication and...more

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TelaDoc Wins Injunction Against Texas Medical Board re: Telehealth Restrictions

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The Federal District Court of the Western District of Texas has ruled against the Texas Medical Board and granted TelaDoc’s Motion for a Preliminary Injunction prohibiting the Texas Medical Board from enforcing new rules...more

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Federal Court Enjoins Texas Medical Board from Enforcing More Stringent Telemedicine Rules

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On April 10, 2015, the Texas Medical Board (the “Board”) voted to adopt stricter regulations governing the practice of telemedicine, which were scheduled to go into effect June 3, 2015 (the “Revised Regulations”). The Board...more

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Telemedicine Providers Need to Keep Up with State Laws

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Tech-savvy health care providers and tech-savvy patients in California can be grateful for California’s policies regarding telehealth practices. Consider the turmoil in Texas: telehealth practitioners who want to treat...more

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Blog: Texas Medical Board Limits The Practice of Telemedicine in the State

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The Texas Medical Board (the Board) voted last week to sharply restrict the practice of telemedicine in the state. The rules adopted by the Board were the culmination of a four-year battle between the Board that licenses and...more

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