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Health Affairs Scholar: Prevalence of interstate telehealth comparing internet protocol and home address

Health Affairs Scholar: Prevalence of interstate telehealth comparing internet protocol and home address This study used geolocation data that contain patient internet protocol (IP) addresses from our academic health center's telehealth vendor to more precisely estimate interstate telehealth rates during the period where state waivers allowed for interstate care. Many patients value telehealth precisely [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2025-07-17T10:18:18-04:00June 26th, 2025|

JAMA Network Open: Cross-State Travel for Cancer Care and Implications for Telehealth Reciprocity

JAMA Network Open: Cross-State Travel for Cancer Care and Implications for Telehealth Reciprocity In this cross-sectional study Medicare beneficiaries with cancer, approximately 7 percent of cancer care was delivered across state lines. Compared with urban-residing patients, isolated rural-residing patients were approximately two times more likely to cross state lines for surgical procedures, three times [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2025-05-25T14:31:08-04:00February 21st, 2025|

JMIR: Regulation and Compliance in Telemedicine

JMIR: Regulation and Compliance in Telemedicine Researchers discussed critical challenges in telemedicine compliance and regulation. They specifically consider obstacles and progress toward solutions in telemedicine law and regulation regarding privacy and security issues, care across state borders, and prescribing over telemedicine in the United States. The findings suggest that simplified policies are needed to [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2025-05-05T16:07:21-04:00January 27th, 2025|

JAMA Network: Interstate Telemedicine in the Courtroom – Response and Reply

JAMA Network: Interstate Telemedicine in the Courtroom – Response and Reply Barak Richman, a professor at the Duke Law School, published a viewpoint analysis in August urging for state medical boards to permanently adopt the pandemic flexibilities that supported interstate telemedicine. Charles Kels, senior attorney at the Department of Homeland Security, published a response, [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2025-05-05T15:44:50-04:00January 8th, 2025|

JAMA Network: State Medical Boards and Interstate Telemedicine in the Courtroom

JAMA Network: State Medical Boards and Interstate Telemedicine in the Courtroom Despite the convenience and value of telehealth, many states have rolled back COVID-19 pandemic–era flexibilities and reimposed strict licensure requirements for telemedicine. Thus, as it was prepandemic, so it is again that a physician, duly licensed in their home state, is prohibited from [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2025-04-06T19:36:29-04:00August 21st, 2024|

Center for Connected Health Policy: Out-of-State Telehealth Provider Policies Fact Sheet and Chart

Center for Connected Health Policy: Out-of-State Telehealth Provider Policies Fact Sheet and Chart CCHP released a fact sheet related to licensure policies. The fact sheet provides state examples, updated licensure policy and compact numbers, and a state chart documenting states that have implemented out-of-state provider policies within the following three categories: Limited Licensure Exceptions [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2025-04-06T18:54:27-04:00August 6th, 2024|

JAMA Network: Expansion of Telehealth Availability for Mental Health Care After State-Level Policy Changes From 2019 to 2022

JAMA Network: Expansion of Telehealth Availability for Mental Health Care After State-Level Policy Changes From 2019 to 2022 A JAMA Network Open study by researchers from Harvard and the Rand Corporation found that the number of sites offering telehealth for mental health went from 39.4 percent in the second quarter of 2019 to 88.1 percent [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2023-11-27T16:27:18-04:00June 13th, 2023|

Increasing Access to a Diverse Mental Health Workforce Through Emergency Reciprocity Licensure

Journal of Medical Regulation: Increasing Access to a Diverse Mental Health Workforce Through Emergency Reciprocity Licensure New Jersey's COVID-19 Temporary Emergency Reciprocity Licensure Program provided temporary licenses to more than 31,000 out-of-state health care practitioners, over a quarter of whom were mental health providers. As the need for mental health care accelerated during [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2023-06-05T15:08:42-04:00April 6th, 2023|

Expanding Care with Teletherapy

Alma: Expanding Care with Teletherapy Alma, a digital health company, surveyed over 200 therapists and found that nearly 9 in 10 of its therapists want to be able to provide care across the country if their license enabled them to provide care nationwide. The survey also found 67 percent of therapists have already pursued or [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2023-04-25T11:22:27-04:00March 27th, 2023|

Few Disciplinary Issues with Out-of-State Telehealth

Cicero Institute: Few Disciplinary Issues with Out-of-State Telehealth This report reviews the states of Florida and Idaho's out-of-state telehealth approach and found that there were no disciplinary actions with across-state-line telehealth. Additionally, there was a substantial and growing number of providers interested in providing out-of-state telehealth. Despite the attention telehealth has received during the [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2023-04-25T11:18:04-04:00March 22nd, 2023|

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