On May 7, 2025, the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas upheld the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) decision to remove two tirzepatide injection medications from the FDA’s drug shortage list. This...more
6/13/2025
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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
10/17/2024
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On August 1, 2024, Colorado legislation took effect amending the mandatory disclosures that mental health providers must make to their clients under state law. Providers of mental health services in Colorado should take note...more
9/11/2024
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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
5/20/2024
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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
2/12/2024
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What does December 31, 2024, mean to you? New Year’s Eve? Post-2024 election? Too far away to know?
Our answer: December 31, 2024, is when we will go over a “telehealth cliff” if Congress fails to act before that date,...more
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
6/30/2023
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On April 20, 2023, the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG) released a new toolkit designed to help analyze telehealth claims to assess federal healthcare program...more
The promise of health care reform by the incoming administration will result in significant changes; but understanding how those changes may flow through to digital health industry requires an analytic framework that...more