National Academy for State Health Policy: States’ Use of Telehealth to Support Children with Chronic and Complex Needs Approximately 20 percent of all children and youth in the U.S. have chronic and complex needs, including physical, mental, and behavioral health conditions. Telehealth has been a critical tool to improving access to care for children [...]
Goldwater Institute: The Doctor Is Out—States Are Blocking Your Access to Mental Health Care Goldwater Institute released a report, which examined six states that allow out-of-state mental health practitioners to treat patients virtually, but to varying extents. As the report shows, allowing licensed practitioners to easily practice across state lines without requiring an in-state [...]
Psychiatric Services: Impact of State Medical Licensure Exemptions and Telehealth Registries on College Students’ Access to Psychiatric Care This study examined the impact of state medical licensure exemptions and telehealth registries on college students’ access to psychiatric care. Contact was established with 282 (31%) psychiatrists across 10 states. Of the 143 contacted psychiatrists who [...]
Center for Connected Health Policy: State Telehealth Laws and Medicaid Program Policies
Virginia Telehealth Network: 2023 Benchmarking Telehealth Usage in Virginia Survey As part of ongoing efforts to monitor the impact of telehealth on Virginia’s patients and providers, the Virginia Telehealth Network (VTN) conducts an annual “Benchmarking Telehealth Usage in Virginia” survey of actively practicing licensed providers across the Commonwealth. The survey found that 87 percent [...]
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 [...]
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH): MDH Study Shows Potential for More Accessible Health Care Through Telehealth A study by MDH highlights the potential for telehealth to make care more accessible while providing similar levels of service to traditional, in-person ways of delivering care. The report, which focus on Minnesotans with private health insurance coverage, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Reason Foundation: State Policy Agenda for Telehealth Innovation States rapidly adopted telehealth technology under the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) regulatory flexibilities. Most emergency actions taken during the pandemic are temporary. However, states show a lack of urgency in making comprehensive updates to their telehealth laws in preparation for once the PHE ends. Pioneer Institute, Cicero [...]