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McDermott Will & Schulte

A win for telehealth providers, health plans, and participants: HDHP telehealth safe harbor permanently reinstated

On July 4, 2025, the president signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) into law. Among many other healthcare provisions, the bill permanently extends the telehealth safe harbor for high-deductible health plans (HDHPs)...more

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Trending in Telehealth: May 2025

Trending in Telehealth highlights monthly state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and...more

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Trending in Telehealth March 2025

Trending in Telehealth highlights monthly state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists, and technology companies that deliver and...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: January 21, 2025

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Holland & Knight Health Dose Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more

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New Jersey Statutory Year-End Review

Compared to previous years, the New Jersey Legislature passed a limited number of statutes impacting health care in 2024. It was a slow start to 2024, but activity picked up in the last six months of the calendar year. Once...more

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New Laws Expand Telehealth in California

California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law two bills that expand the delivery of telehealth services in the state. In particular, the legislation: • Permits providers to prescribe medications without a...more

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Telehealth Services in Nebraska Get a Boost

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Telehealth services are now required to be covered by health plans in the Cornhusker State. Nebraska telemedicine providers, entrepreneurs, and patients can enjoy telehealth insurance coverage, joining the national majority....more

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“Lone Star” Joins the Rest of Nation as Texas Passes New Telemedicine Law

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On May 12, 2017, the Texas State Legislature passed SB 1107, a law expanding the use of telemedicine in the Lone Star State. The bill is now on its way to Governor Abbot’s desk where he is expected to sign it into law....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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Alaska Enacts New Telemedicine Law: What Providers Should Know

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Alaska Governor Bill Walker signed SB 74 into law on June 21, 2016, expanding the use of telemedicine in the Last Frontier state. Specifically, SB 74 removes Alaska’s previous in-state presence requirements for prescribing...more

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Key Takeaways From Indiana's New Telemedicine Law

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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) signed into law, on March 21, 2016, a new bill (House Act No. 1263) implementing a variety of telemedicine practice standards and remote prescribing rules in the Hoosier State. Effective July 1,...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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Telemedicine Practice and Remote Prescribing in Delaware

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Note: This is a companion piece to our parallel article discussing the various Delaware commercial insurance coverage requirements in the Act. Delaware Gov. Jack Merkell signed into law, on July 7, 2015, a bill...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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Hold the Phone! Washington Adopts Telemedicine Parity Law

On April 17, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed Substitute Senate Bill 5175 (the “Parity Law”), which expands coverage for telemedicine services paid by health plans in the state of Washington. With the new law, Washington...more

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Colorado Passes “Full Parity” Telemedicine Law, Although Some Gaps Remain

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On March 20, 2015, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed into law HB 15-1029, which requires that insurers operating in Colorado reimburse health care providers for telehealth services in all of Colorado’s counties,...more

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New York Passes Telemedicine Reimbursement Legislation

New York became the 22nd state to sign into law legislation that will require commercial and Medicaid plans to provide coverage of telehealth and telemedicine services. The law, originally intended to take effect on January...more

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