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In our January 26, 2021 blog post “Permanency for Out of State Telehealth Services? Arizona Seeks to Make Permanent Changes to Licensure Requirements”, we discussed Arizona’s push to make permanent resolutions to the temporary telehealth exceptions issued in connection with the public health emergency (the “Pandemic”). In that article, we also noted that Arizona Governor, Doug Ducey, as part of his “State of the State” address, proposed permanent changes to healthcare access which would allow Arizona residents to access healthcare providers through the use of telemedicine. As of May 5
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In our January 26, 2021 blog post Permanency for Out of State Telehealth Services?
Arizona Seeks to Make Permanent Changes to Licensure
Requirements , we discussed Arizona s push to make
permanent resolutions to the temporary telehealth exceptions issued
in connection with the public health emergency (the Pandemic ). In that article, we also noted that Arizona
Governor, Doug Ducey, as part of his State of the
State address, proposed permanent changes to healthcare
access which would allow Arizona residents to access healthcare
providers through the use of telemedicine. As of May
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
In our January 26, 2021 blog post “Permanency for Out of State Telehealth Services? Arizona Seeks to Make Permanent Changes to Licensure Requirements”, we discussed Arizona’s push to make permanent resolutions to the temporary telehealth exceptions issued in connection with the public health emergency (the “Pandemic”). In that article, we also noted that Arizona Governor, Doug Ducey, as part of his “State of the State” address, proposed permanent changes to healthcare access which would allow Arizona residents to access healthcare providers through the use of telemedicine. As of May 5
th, we have begun to see the first steps in implementing those changes.
Texas Governor Wants to Make Permanent Changes to Telemedicine Access
As part of his 2021 of the State address, Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, introduced his intention to permanently expand telemedicine services that were made available during the COVID-19 public health emergency (the “Pandemic”).
Specifically, on March 13, 2020, the Governor waived certain regulations and directed the Texas Department of Insurance (“TDI”) to issue an emergency rule, all relating to telemedicine care for patients with state-regulated insurance plans to help doctors across Texas continue to treat their patients while mitigating the spread of COVID-19. The Governor also issued an emergency rule on September 25, 2020 (the “E.O.”), which mandated TDI to continue payment parity for telehealth services. The E.O. required that the TDI compensate health care providers for telemedicine visits at the same rate as an in-person visit, but equalized only applied to patients covered by state-regulated
Permanency for Out of State Telehealth Services? Arizona Seeks to Make Permanent Changes to Licensure Requirements - On January 11, 2021, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey.