Telemedicine Licensure

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...

Industry Weighs in on Medicare Telehealth Expansion for COVID-19

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The White House’s decision to expand telehealth services under Medicare to curb the spread of coronavirus has met with widespread praise — and a call for further action. The American...

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...

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...

CHQI Launches ATA-Endorsed Telemedicine Accreditation Program

by Jessica Kent

ClearHealth Quality Institute (CHQI) recently announced that it is accepting applicants for its newly unveiled Telemedicine Accreditation Program (TAP), the only telemedicine accreditation program...

Debating the Pros And Cons of Licensure Compacts for Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

Interstate medical licensure compacts, which enable healthcare providers to more easily apply for and receive permission to practice medicine in other states, have been touted as a means of expanding...

Telemedicine Licensure Gives Doctors a Chance to Expand Their Reach

by Eric Wicklund

To Dr. Bruce Miewald, telemedicine licensure isn’t a means to acquire more patients and do more business. It’s an opportunity to reach out and help people in other parts of the country who...

Telehealth Licensure Gives Physical Therapists a Chance to Grow

by Eric Wicklund

Physical therapists will soon be able to use telehealth to reach patients in other states. Officials with the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBT) have set mid-2018 as the go-live...

Licensing Compact Goes Live, Opening Door to Telehealth for Nurses

by Eric Wicklund

Licensed nurses in 29 states can now use telehealth to treat patients in other states, under terms of the Enhamced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC). Under the eNLC, overseen by the National Council of...

Senators Include Telemedicine in New Bill to Modernize the VA

by Eric Wicklund

A new bill that seeks to modernize the oft-criticized Department of Veterans Affairs includes a provision allowing VA doctors to treat veterans via telemedicine no matter where they live. The 125-page...

New Rule Would Give VA Doctors National Telehealth Privileges

by Eric Wicklund

The Department of Veterans Affairs is moving forward with a plan to enable VA doctors to treat veterans through telehealth no matter where the doctor or patient are located, essentially overriding...

Telehealth Licensure Compact For Nurses To Go Live in January

by Eric Wicklund

Nurses will be able to apply for a license to practice telehealth in multiple states in five months. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) has set Jan. 19, 2018 as the go-live date...

VA Wants its Doctors to Treat Veterans Anywhere With Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

Federal officials have unveiled a plan to give VA doctors the authority to treat veterans via telemedicine no matter where those veterans are located. In a ceremony attended by President Donald Trump...

Telehealth Licensure Compact for Nurses Gets the Green Light

by Eric Wicklund

Nurses in 26 states will soon be able to practice telehealth in multiple states under one license. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed legislation last week making his state the 26th to join the...

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