According to a new policy brief, telehealth could help the 20% of US citizens that live in areas with physician shortages. So far, telehealth services have only been applied via Medicaid at the federal level, with state level Medicare telehealth services seeing a lack of uniform jurisdiction as they are controlled by each state individually. The policy brief analyzes the issues with implementing telehealth on a wider basis, including so-called parity laws that mandate private payers reimburse in the same way they would for in-person medical treatment.
According to a new policy brief, telehealth could help the 20% of US citizens that live in areas with physician shortages. So far, telehealth services have only been applied via Medicare at the federal level, with state level Medicaid telehealth services seeing a lack of uniform jurisdiction as they are controlled by each state individually. The policy brief analyzes the issues with implementing telehealth on a wider basis, including so-called parity laws that mandate private payers reimburse in the same way they would for in-person medical treatment.