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Clinical Telehealth: Laying the Groundwork for the Next Chapter of COVID-19

Guest Authored by Mike Baird, President Customer Solutions, Amwell

Almost as quickly as the COVID-19 pandemic descended upon the United States, federal and state policymakers responded with a flurry of telehealth-related regulatory changes meant to liberalize restrictions and mobilize more physicians to use telehealth technology to care for patients under quarantine. These changes included waiving in-state licensing requirements for healthcare professionals who held a valid out-of-state medical license, mandating reimbursement parity for many telehealth services, and relaxing HIPAA enforcement for providers using non-compliant platforms in good faith during the public health emergency.

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