Millions of Americans used telehealth for the first time during COVID, but state regulations could soon strip that away. Emergency regulatory suspensions made it possible to expand telehealth services, but without permanent reform, patients will lose access to care as the clock on those temporary suspensions runs out.
A new report, Rating the States on Telehealth Best Practices: A Toolkit for a Pro-Patient and Provider Relationship, published by the Reason Foundation, the Cicero Institute, and the Pioneer Institute rates the telehealth policies of every state against the practices that would make those pandemic-era flexibilities permanent.
