States Move Towards Compacts, Broadband Programs, Medicaid Telehealth Expansion

Since the beginning of the year, nearly all states have proposed new telehealth legislation, attempting to create permanent regulations informed by the pandemic. More states are poised to join the ranks of those that include audio-only in their definitions of telehealth, as national telehealth policy advocates work to standardize definitions across the country. States also are expanding participation in specialty compacts to facilitate interstate telehealth, and several states are now affirming that out-of-state practitioners can be enrolled as Medicaid providers...