Telehealth Licensure

Connected Care Alliance Seeks Support for New Telehealth Licensure Rules

by Eric Wicklund

The Alliance for Connected Care wants to make it easier for health systems and hospitals to use telehealth to treat patients no matter where they live. The organization is seeking support for...

eHI Offers Recommendations on Telehealth, Licensure, Broadband

by Eric Wicklund

The eHealth Initiative has unveiled recommendations for federal policy changes to help expand telehealth access and coverage during and beyond the coronavirus pandemic. The 22-page report comes...

What 15 Medical Specialties Are Most Interested in Telehealth?

by Eric Wicklund

Radiologists and psychiatrists are most interested in telehealth jobs, according to a new report from Doximity, while anesthesiologists and surgeons are showing the least interest. The 2020 State of...

Georgia Governor Vetoes Telehealth Licensure Compact Bill for Specialists

by Eric Wicklund

Georgia’s governor has vetoed legislation that would have paved the way for audiologists and speech-language pathologists in the state to use telehealth to treat patients in other states. Gov....

Senators Eye Telehealth Licensure Freedom During COVID-19 Emergency

by Eric Wicklund

A new bill before Congress takes aim at one of the bigger barriers to telehealth expansion: interstate licensure. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) this week unveiled the Temporary...

New Bill Would OK Telehealth Anywhere For 6 Months After COVID-19 Emergency

by Eric Wicklund

A new bill before Congress aims to allow providers unfettered use of telehealth for six months after the end of the COVID-19 emergency. Introduced this week by Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Ted...

Experts Weigh in on Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Rules and Policies

by Eric Wicklund

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has pushed telehealth and mHealth to center stage as healthcare providers of all sizes look to provide care on virtual platforms. But the emergency – and the...

As States Modify Telehealth Guidelines, Licensing Arguments Resurface

by Eric Wicklund

Mississippi state officials have found that a loosening of the state’s telehealth regulations to address the Coronavirus pandemic caused more problems than it solved. (For more coronavirus...

Feds OK Interstate Licensing, Paving Way for Telehealth Expansion

by Eric Wicklund

Federal officials have announced that they are allowing healthcare providers to practice across state lines – a move that eliminates, at least temporarily, a key barrier to the continued adoption...

State Bill Eyes Telehealth Compact for Audiologists, Speech Specialists

by Eric Wicklund

An Oklahoma legislator wants to make it easier for audiology and speech-language pathologists to use telehealth to treat patients in multiple states. State Rep. Josh West last week introduced HB 2968,...

AMA Council Supports Licensure Compact to Push Telehealth Adoption

by Eric Wicklund

The American Medical Association has accepted the report of a committee calling for support the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact as a means of encouraging telehealth adoption. The report, prepared...

Docs Recommend Reforming Licensure Rules to Boost Telehealth Adoption

by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth advocates have long argued that state licensure requirements pose an unnecessary burden to the adoption of connected health services. Now a pair of doctors are arguing that the US should...

Alabama May Give Social Workers the Ability to Use Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

Alabama state officials are considering adding licensed social workers to the list of healthcare providers allowed to use telehealth. The state’s Board of Social Work Examiners has issued a...

Eyeing Telehealth, AAFP Urges States to Adopt Interstate Licensure

by Eric Wicklund

Interstate licensure, which helps hospitals and health systems extend their telehealth networks across state lines, is getting a boost from a national physicians’ organization. The American...

Missouri Gives Physician Assistants More Freedom to Use Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

Missouri is giving hospitals and health systems more leeway to use telehealth simply by changing one word in its bylaws. SB 514, signed last month by Governor Michael Parson, replaces the word...

Maryland Considers Letting Licensed Social Workers Use Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

Maryland state officials are considering allowing social workers to use telehealth to deliver social work services. The state’s Department of Health unveiled a Notice of Proposed Action in June...

Telehealth Licensure Compact for Psychologists Is Ready to Go Live

by Eric Wicklund

Psychologists in several states will soon be able to use telehealth to connect with patients across state lines. With Gov. Brian Kemp’s signature on connected care legislation in April, Georgia...

Licensure Compacts Gain Ground as a Means to Expand Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

More than 3,000 US physicians have received permission to practice in multiple states through the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, giving them the opportunity to expand their practice through...

Telehealth Licensure Compact for Physical Therapists is Ready to Go

by Eric Wicklund

Physical therapists in Missouri, North Dakota and Tennessee will soon be able to use telehealth to treat patients in other states. The three states will go live on July 9 under the Physical Therapy...

VA Finalizes ‘Anywhere to Anywhere’ Telehealth Program For Vets

by Eric Wicklund

A national telehealth program to connect veterans and healthcare providers no matter where either is located is set to become official. The Department of Veterans Affairs has posted former Secretary...

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