How Telehealth Legislation Creates Tension in Healthcare - McDermott Will & Emery

How Telehealth Legislation Creates Tension in Healthcare

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Dale Van Demark observed a consistent “degree of tension” among the telehealth licensing laws of various states, because “while there’s overlap, they’re not identical. Those who are proponents of the development of telemedicine and telehealth will point to that central issue as being problematic in the development of telemedicine,” Mr. Van Denmark continued, “because it makes it much more difficult for a telemedicine company or endeavor to have a national, even regional, business model because of those licensing requirements.” Read the full article