mHealth Intelligence December 18, 2023
The suit claims that mandating out-of-state telehealth providers to maintain a New Jersey medical license is burdensome and limits patients’ access to care.
New Jersey is facing a lawsuit stating that its out-of-state telehealth licensing law violates the constitutional rights of residents seeking virtual care with healthcare providers across state lines.
Filed in the United States district court in New Jersey, the plaintiffs include Shannon MacDonald, MD, a radiation oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and Paul Gardner, MD, neurosurgical director of the Center for Cranial Base Surgery at UPMC, and “J.A.,” a minor and MacDonald’s patient. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of J.A. by his father and guardian, Michael Abell.
The lawsuit argues that New Jersey’s current...
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