2021 Texas Telemedicine Commercial Payer Laws

2021년 50개 주 원격의료 상업보험법 조사 보고서 다운로드하기

원격의료 및 디지털 헬스 기술은 환자와 의료 전문가 모두에게 지속적으로 수용되고 있으며, 더 많은 기관들이 기존의 대면 진료 서비스를 보완하기 위해 강력한 가상 진료 프로그램을 도입하고 확대하고 있습니다. 저희 팀의 첫 전국 원격의료 및 디지털 헬스 조사는 7년 전에 발표되었으며, 본 보고서는 저희 팀이 공개한 네 번째 원격의료 관련 조사입니다. 이전 보고서들은 도입의 가장 큰 장벽 중 하나가 원격의료 및 디지털 헬스 서비스에 대한 제한적이거나 불분명한 보험 적용 범위임을 발견했습니다.

Enter the COVID-19 pandemic, which compelled policymakers in states, including Texas, and federal policymakers to remove restrictions and expand reimbursement for telehealth and virtual care at a rate previously unseen. The new changes followed the previously established pathway of coverage, but the pace at which they were made was stunning. Medicare introduced nearly 100 telehealth service codes covered on a temporary basis until the federal public health emergency declaration expires, including payment for telephone-only consults. States and commercial health plans followed suit. Although some of the reimbursement expansions are temporary and slated to end when the public health emergency expires, many have already become permanently codified into state law.

Foley & Lardner’s 2021 50-State Survey of Telehealth Commercial Payer Laws provides a detailed landscape of the Texas telehealth commercial insurance coverage and payment laws. The report is useful to health care providers (both traditional and emerging), lawmakers, entrepreneurs, telemedicine companies, and other industry stakeholders as a guide of telehealth insurance laws and regulations across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Click below to download the full report.