On June 9, 2025, the Oregon legislature enacted Senate Bill (SB) 951, which prohibits certain ownership of and actions related to professional medical entities and aims to modernize Oregon’s corporate practice of medicine...more
6/12/2025
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On February 21, 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revised its shortage categorization of semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) medication, marking the shortage as “resolved” for all presentations of the...more
On January 21, 2025, the Washington state legislature introduced Senate Bill (SB) 5387, aiming to codify a restrictive state prohibition on the corporate practice of healthcare, commonly referred to as a corporate practice of...more
3/3/2025
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On February 12, 2025, Senator Christopher Cabaldon introduced California Senate Bill (SB) 351, which would codify and strengthen California’s existing corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) and corporate practice of dentistry...more
3/3/2025
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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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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
8/19/2024
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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
7/1/2024
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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
5/14/2024
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The Physician Practice Management (PPM) and ASC Symposium 2024 is the destination event for PPM and ASC industry leaders and health industry investors. Join us as we deliver actionable insights on the state of the market and...more
5/3/2024
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Value-Based Care
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
11/20/2023
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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
9/29/2023
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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
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
6/28/2023
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The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) are extending telehealth flexibilities that allow providers to prescribe controlled substances. While the...more
5/11/2023
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The unique business opportunities created by digital health companies can carry heightened regulatory risks. As investors increase their focus on the digital health sector and as digital health companies engage in more...more
11/30/2021
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The unique business opportunities created by digital health companies can carry heightened regulatory risks. As investors increase their focus on the digital health sector and as digital health companies engage in more...more
11/29/2021
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of Inspector General recently released notices of proposed rulemaking relating to the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute. We break down the new proposed...more
12/10/2019
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In 2018, even more than in recent years, federal lawmakers and regulators continued the push toward modernizing the existing legal framework to support and encourage digital health adoption in the context of care coordination...more
2/6/2019
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