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Telemedicine Requirements for Licensing and Scope of Practice

Overcoming Multistate Regulatory Hurdles for Healthcare Providers and Facilities

A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A

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Thursday, December 12, 2024 (in 5 days)

1:00pm-2:30pm EST, 10:00am-11:30am PST

(Alert: Event date has changed from 12/10/2024!)

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This CLE course will guide counsel for healthcare facilities and practitioners on the requirements and exceptions for telemedicine licensing and scope of practice. The panel will offer best practices for overcoming licensing challenges and explain how providers can comply with the law and get paid.

Description

One of the most significant regulatory challenges of telemedicine is licensure. Both physicians and non-physician practitioners must meet different states' requirements when consulting, diagnosing, or treating patients. For example, how does the state determine where a consult or treatment occurs, and what are the licensing implications? If the professional is providing a second opinion, does this fall under the same requirements? What are the exceptions to telemedicine licensure? When is an in-person exam required?

Further, what are the impacts of state scope-of-practice laws? Can mid-levels provide telemedicine services? To what extent must they be supervised by, or collaborate with, physicians? What should one include in the agreements governing such arrangements? Where can mid-levels offer distance care independently?

Counsel for practitioners must understand what each state requires to meet the licensing and scope of practice requirements.

Listen as our authoritative panel examines regulatory requirements and challenges for healthcare providers and facilities related to licensing and scope of practice. The panel will offer best practices for overcoming these regulatory hurdles.

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Outline

  1. Licensure
    1. Exceptions
    2. Compacts
  2. Practitioner-Patient Relationship Establishment
    1. Standard of Care
    2. Modality
      1. Synchronous Audio-Video
      2. Synchronous Audio
      3. Asynchronous/Store and Forward
      4. Carveouts (GLP-1s, abortion drugs, ED medication, hormone replacement therapy, etc.)
    3. Consent
    4. Identity Verification
    5. Follow-up Care
  3. Prescribing
    1. Non-Controlled Substances
    2. Controlled Substances
      1. Federal
      2. State
  4. Non-Physician Practitioners: Collaboration and Supervision

Benefits

The panel will review these and other priority issues:

  • What are the challenges in meeting licensing requirements in multiple states?
  • Other than traditional, formal licensure, what alternative paths permit a provider to become authorized to offer services within the patient's state?
  • How can providers comply with scope of practice law, and how should mid-levels structure their agreements with collaborating or supervising physicians?

Faculty

McMenamin, Joseph
Joseph P. McMenamin

Partner
Christian & Barton

Dr. McMenamin, an experienced health law attorney and former emergency physician, focuses his practice on digital...  |  Read More

Sherer, Jeremy
Jeremy D. Sherer

Partner
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Widely recognized as a digital health thought leader, Mr. Sherer counsels health care providers and suppliers –...  |  Read More

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