Telehealth law: How policy shapes the marketplace

Medicare typically limits telehealth services to rural or underserved areas, and requires a patient to be at certain specified origination sites, such as a practitioner's office, a hospital, a rural health clinic or a skilled nursing facility. Medicare and most states, including New Jersey, New York, and California, require a provider to be licensed in the state where the telehealth patient is located, thus requiring the practitioner to follow that state's professional practice rules and record keeping requirements. [...]before a telehealth provider expands into a new state, it is imperative that the provider seeks the right information, asks the right questions, and engages the right advisers in order to ensure compliance with the law. e Quick TAKES Medicare typically limits telehealth to rural or underserved areas.