Insurers Balk At Proposed Oversight Of Telehealth In EHBs, But Providers Pleased

Providers and insurers are at odds over the administration’s notice that, as part of its proposal to refine its non-discrimination policy for essential health benefit plan designs, it will be keeping an eye on the growing number of products that promote virtual services. The draft notice says that while plan designs that incentivize virtual care over in-person services may not be discriminatory under the statute, they do have the potential to influence where consumers access care, and insurers must make...