Lobbyists Expect Some Resistance To Telehealth Policies At State Level

As lobbyists push for a federal extension of pandemic telehealth waivers before year’s end, stakeholders also are lobbying for policies at the state level that would promote telehealth usage even if federal COVID-19 public health emergency telehealth waivers expire after the 151-day extension. Although lobbyists say that the telehealth movement at the state level has been widely successful during the pandemic, they anticipate some states may want to walk back telehealth policies over fears of fraud and over-utilization and as...