Medscape November 24, 2020
Lawmakers, physicians, and advocates alike have hailed a relaxation of telehealth rules under the COVID-19 emergency declaration, and they’d like things to stay this way.
Regulators previously restricted telemedicine use “by insisting that you could only see patients in the state you’re licensed in, by not reimbursing as widely for telehealth, and by not allowing us to prescribe controlled substances. They also didn’t allow us to see patients on the phone. So, there’s very good reasons to keep those regulations permanently relaxed,” said Peter Yellowlees, MBBS, MD, a professor of psychiatry and chief wellness officer at the University of California, Davis.
In his view, changes should take place in four key areas:
Licensing. “Traditionally, state medical boards have...
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