Concerns About Telehealth and Telemedicine Across State Lines in a Post-Pandemic World
- June 09, 2023
- Jessica M. Carroll , Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP
The COVID-19 pandemic created a paradigm shift in the world of medicine with the increased use of telehealth and telemedicine to meet the challenge of expanding the delivery methods patients used to access health care. While technological developments allowed telehealth providers to virtually travel across state lines to meet the needs of their quarantined patients at the push of a button, navigating the web of everchanging state and federal licensing laws has not been as simple. Consequently, telehealth providers must monitor developments in federal and state laws, regulations, and policies to not only capitalize on telehealth opportunities and consistently maintain the quality of health care, but also to ensure compliance with federal and state laws to avoid sanctions, such as the unlicensed practice of medicine, that may also have a ripple effect on hospital staffing and clinical privileges.
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