One hundred telemedicine-related bills have been introduced to define telehealth and telemedicine, redefine licensed provider practice standards, remove artificial barriers or improve coverage and payment options. Some bills seek to improve the telemedicine policy landscape while others risk to severely limit health providers’ clinical decision making and patient choice.
The TeleMental Health Institute specializes in keeping the behavioral community informed of our behavioral industry’s telehealth-related activity, resources as well as legal, ethical and other risk management issues. To see some of TMHI’s activities at the ATA, see this blog post: Why Attend the ATA 2015 Meeting in LA, May 2-5.