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Pennsylvania Expands Use and Reimbursement of Telemedicine and Bans Noncompete Agreements for Certain Health Care Practitioners

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In July 2024, Pennsylvania enacted two significant pieces of legislation relating to telemedicine and physician noncompetition agreements that will have a meaningful impact within the healthcare delivery system with the...more

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Whoa! U.S. Lawsuit Against Telehealth Providers and Executives Should Turn Heads

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On June 10, 2024, the U.S. Justice Department announced that together with the Federal Trade Commission, it filed an amended complaint against telehealth company Cerebral Inc., Cerebral’s founder and former Chief Executive...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | April 2024 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for April 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the Calendar Year (CY) 2025...more

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Telemedicine and Texting: Telephone Consumer Protection Act

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Telemedicine and remote patient monitoring companies often want to maintain open communication channels with patients, whether it be scheduling, medication reminders, engagement pings, or even new product and service updates....more

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FTC Wants to be a Champion for Telemedicine Providers

In a public comment supporting Alaska’s proposed telemedicine legislation, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) reiterated its broad support for telemedicine services, quoting its own 2004 analysis: “When used...more

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Health Care Update - October 2015

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Senate Working Group Pressing Forward on Telehealth - As Congress focuses on bigger picture policy decisions, including broad budget negotiations and raising the debt ceiling, there are some exciting developments on the...more

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Is My Telehealth App Subject to HIPAA?

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Many telehealth and mHealth app developers are concerned about whether or not their app is a medical device under FDA regulations (and rightfully so), they often pay less attention to the Health Insurance Portability and...more

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Regulatory Capture Vitiates State Action Immunity

The Supreme Court has ruled that when an oversight mechanism created by a State —here a State Board — is under the control of those it was supposed to be regulating (sometimes referred to by economists as “regulatory...more

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Health Care and Legal Services Providers Challenge State Regulatory Boards on Heels of SCOTUS State Action Antitrust Immunity...

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On February 25, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the scope of antitrust immunity for state regulatory boards whose members are active market participants in the occupation regulated by the boards. In North Carolina State...more

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Federal Court Enjoins Texas Medical Board from Enforcing More Stringent Telemedicine Rules

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On April 10, 2015, the Texas Medical Board (the “Board”) voted to adopt stricter regulations governing the practice of telemedicine, which were scheduled to go into effect June 3, 2015 (the “Revised Regulations”). The Board...more

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Healthcare Legal News Volume 5 Number 2

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According to a recent study by Accenture, by 2017 approximately 18 percent of the American public will purchase insurance through exchanges versus relying on traditional employer healthcare coverage or foregoing insurance...more

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