According to a new policy brief, telehealth could help the 20% of US citizens that live in areas with physician shortages. The American Medical Association (AMA) has released its annual report on healthcare and it is full of good news. 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.