Senate Approps Seek FTC Study On Interstate Licensing Merits, As AMA Poses Hurdles

Senate Appropriators have tucked report language into a spending bill that calls for the Federal Trade Commission to continue studying how interstate licensing affects health care competition, drawing praise from telehealth stakeholders who are upset some states are rolling back interstate provider licensing flexibilities allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the nation’s largest physician lobby this month urged state medical licensing boards to oppose national licensing registration proposals. The call for the FTC study is in report language attached to...