Recommendation

Congress should establish a single, national license for telehealth providers.

Details

Complex state licensing requirements prevent health-care providers licensed in one state from providing telehealth services in another. To address this challenge and further enhance development of telehealth services, Congress should establish a single, national license for telehealth providers. For those concerned about infringing on states’ rights, the legislation could have a sunset provision if states later create a multistate compact adopting a nationwide licensing standard.

Keep reading:

▪ Daniel Castro, Ben Miller, and Adams Nager, “Unlocking the Potential of Physician-to-Patient Telehealth Services” (ITIF, May 2014), https://itif.org/publications/2014/05/12/unlocking-potential-physician-patient-telehealth-services.