On May 22, 2025, the US House of Representatives passed the budget reconciliation bill, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which includes language that would prohibit any state from enforcing any law or regulation...more
6/11/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Legislatures ,
Technology
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
7/30/2024
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Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospice ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Life Sciences ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
3/7/2024
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Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
New Legislation ,
New Regulations ,
Patient Access ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
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Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
Technology Sector ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
In an apparent attempt to shield physician practices from perceived abuses of close association with physician practice management (PPM) companies, a pending Oregon law could undermine a broad range of structures and...more
2/19/2024
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Corporate Governance ,
Internal Controls ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Oregon ,
Pending Litigation ,
Physician-Owned Distributors ,
Physician-Owned Hospitals ,
Physicians ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State Legislatures
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
9/11/2023
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EHR ,
Health Care Providers ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicaid ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reimbursements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Technology ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Trending in Telehealth is a new series from the McDermott digital health team in which we highlight state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies,...more
7/21/2023
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Healthcare ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
New Legislation ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Technology Sector ,
Telehealth
Digital health is one of the fast-growing segments of the healthcare market, with patients, clinicians and regulators increasingly aligned behind the opportunities that digitization presents.
Over the last three years,...more
3/21/2023
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Health ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare ,
New Legislation ,
New Regulations ,
OIG ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Roe v Wade ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
On February 1, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the FY 2024 New York State Executive Budget, which included a proposal for the New York Department of Health (the Department) to review and approve material...more
Texas telehealth requirements will significantly change in the near future if Texas Senate Bill 1107 is passed into law, which removes the controversial “face-to-face” or in-person consultation requirement to establish a...more