Cardiology, Family Physician Leaders: Continue Audio-Only Telehealth, Care Across State Lines

The federal government and states should make pandemic-era allowances for telehealth across state lines and audio-only services permanent, leaders of a specialty and a family physician group say. Angela Shuman, director of state government affairs at the American College of Cardiology, and Stephanie Quinn, senior vice president for advocacy at the American Academy of Family Physicians, spoke at a FiscalNote webinar June 15 . Both said COVID-19 is continuing to have a major impact on the practice of medicine, underlining...