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One Big Beautiful Bill Act Includes $50 Billion Rural Health Transformation Program

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President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), into law on July 4, 2025. (For a detailed analysis of the bill, see Holland & Knight's previous alert, "Trump Signs the One Big Beautiful...more

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[Webinar] How to Prepare for New State Health Privacy Laws - March 12th, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

New state privacy laws regulating health data impose significant obligations and heightened risks. In addition to existing laws in California, Colorado and other states, Washington State’s My Health My Data Act and Nevada’s...more

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Baby Steps Toward Implementing a Regulatory Framework for AI in Healthcare

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A few weeks ago, Regs & Eggs highlighted the major issues that McDermott+Consulting is monitoring this year – and the implementation of the president’s executive order (EO) on artificial intelligence (AI) was definitely part...more

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EU legislative proposals to impose additional obligations on medical device companies

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Connected medical devices are used to assist with diagnosing, monitoring or treating a medical condition and thereby facilitate the remote management of a medical condition by healthcare professionals. Such medical devices...more

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South Carolina Expands Telemedicine to Physician Assistants, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses

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The practice of telemedicine continues to be one of the fastest-growing methods of delivering patient care, and recently legal changes passed by the South Carolina General Assembly will only increase the importance of...more

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The Doctor Is In – From a Distance; Telemedicine Caveats

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While there has been discussion of the potential proliferation of telemedicine for quite some time, telemedicine is finally positioned to take off thanks to the latest federal budget. ...more

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Expanded coverage of telehealth

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The recently enacted Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 expands Medicare’s coverage for telehealth services in several ways. Inclusion of these provisions, which had been part of a Senate bill called the CHRONIC Care Act, is...more

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Top 5 Ways Telehealth Will Change Under the New Federal Funding Bill

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The telemedicine industry has been abuzz upon learning that provider-friendly legislation was included in the new federal Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, signed into law by the President on February 9, 2018. But telehealth...more

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Rhode Island’s New Law Requires Health Plans Cover Telemedicine Services

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Rhode Island marks the 31st state to enact a telemedicine commercial reimbursement statute. The Telemedicine Coverage Act (HB 7160B) was signed into law by Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo on June 28, 2016, representing a...more

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Telemedicine nursing licensure compact legislation enacted in 6 states and 7 more right behind

In another case of technology out pacing the law, telemedicine has continued to push the limits of state medical professional licensure laws. Generally, physicians and nurses must be licensed in the state in which they...more

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West Virginia's New Telemedicine Practice Standards & Remote Prescribing Laws

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West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D) signed into law, on March 24, 2016, a new bill (House Bill No. 4463) implementing a variety of telemedicine practice standards and remote prescribing rules in the Mountain State....more

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Health Care Update - November 2015

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Ways & Means Leadership Changes – Health Policy Implications Looming: As Congress pushes forward with a two-year budget deal, and new Speaker Paul Ryan begins his tenure as the top Republican in the House of...more

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Telehealth Commercial Coverage and Parity Laws: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

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There will always be differences among state laws on telehealth coverage, but what is remarkable is the rapidly increasing pace at which states have been adopting coverage statutes in the last few years, with currently 29...more

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Does Delaware’s New Telemedicine Law Foreshadow Broader Payment Parity?

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Nationwide, states continue to enact laws requiring commercial health plans to cover medical services provided via telemedicine to the same extent they cover medical services provided in-person. These laws are intended to...more

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Delaware Enacts Telehealth Commercial Insurance Parity Law

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Declaring “liberty and independence” from the constraints of brick and mortar health care, Delaware became the 29th state to enact a telemedicine commercial reimbursement statute. The legislation (HB-69) was sponsored by...more

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Health Plans in Connecticut Must Cover Telehealth Services

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Connecticut marks the 28th state to enact a telemedicine commercial reimbursement statute. The legislation (SB-467) was sponsored by Senators Looney, Duff, Crisco and Gerratana with twenty co-sponsor senators, and was signed...more

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