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What Health Providers Need to Know About Telemedicine

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law

For years providing health care to patients has been at a location that is convenient to the health provider. With emerging trends in telemedicine and upcoming healthcare reforms, recently enacted, patients may begin to enjoy the convenience of medical evaluation and follow-up by video, telephone and computer. The biggest bar to this to date has been the refusal of Medicare, Medicaid and insurers to pay for this, along with restrictive state board of medicine regulations prohibiting it. For example, a big thorn in the side of physicians treating pain management patients has been regulatory prohibitions by the Florida Board of Medicine.

According to a Star Tribune article, 30 million Americans are expected to gain access to insurance through the Health Care Reform Act […]

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Students Graduating Medical School in Three Years

By Danielle M. Murray, J.D.

To combat the nationwide shortage of primary care physicians and the increase in student debt, several medical schools around the country are offering the chance for students to finish school in three years, instead of four. According to a number of news articles, these programs are geared specifically toward medical students looking to practice primary care. The hope is that these programs will be cost less for students and add more primary care physicians to under-served areas.

Schools Across the U.S. Offer Three-Year Degrees.

According to an article in The New York Times, a small number of students are currently participating in the three-year degree program. There are about 16 incoming students in the program at New York University (N.Y.U.), nine students at Texas Tech Health Science Center School of Medicine and […]

By The Health Law Firm|2024-03-14T10:00:43-04:00June 1, 2018|Categories: Medical Student, Medical Students, The Health Law Firm Blog|Tags: defense attorney, defense lawyer, doctor shortage, doctors, fellow representation, health law attorney, health lawyer, intern representation, medical resident representation, medical school, medical student representation, medical students, medical training, physician shortage, physicians|Comments Off

Watch Out for Legal Pitfalls Associated with Telemedicine

By Lance O. Leider, J.D., The Health Law Firm

With all the new technologies, mobile medical applications, expansion of access to health care under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and the emphasis on quality care, telemedicine is at the forefront of the health care industry.

Now is the time to educate yourself on the new opportunities in practicing telemedicine. As with any new health care business model, you also have to assess the risks and be sure you are complying with the ever increasing number of regulations.

Where Telemedicine Stands Today.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) can be credited for the telemedicine revival. In 2011, CMS issued a final rule permitting a more flexible process for credentialing and privileging practitioners who provide telemedicine services. Telemedicine escalated in 2013, when federal and state legislation and major insurers expanded the types of […]

By The Health Law Firm|2024-03-14T10:00:57-04:00June 1, 2018|Categories: HHS, The Health Law Firm Blog|Tags: administrative law, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), defense attorney, defense lawyer, doctor shortage, e-visit, electronic medical questionnaire, Florida standards for telemedicine, Florida telemedicine, health care attorney, health care lawyer, health care reform, health law, online house call, physician shortage, Telemedicine|Comments Off