Fierce Healthcare May 10, 2018
A finalized rule changing licensing regulations is a key part of the VA’s Anywhere to Anywhere telehealth initiative.
The Department of Veterans Affairs finalized a much-anticipated rule that allows providers to treat patients across state lines using telehealth, a critical element of a virtual care initiative launched last year.
The new regulation will allow the health system more leeway to integrate telehealth visits as a routine part of patient care, according to Neil Evans, M.D., the chief officer for the Office of Connected Care, who told FierceHealthcare the rule “will really allow us to open the aperture” on existing telehealth initiatives.
Currently, VA patients can receive care via telehealth by going to one of more than 700 community clinics...
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