The Texas Medical Board ("TMB") recently released proposed rules to implement Senate Bill 1107, which became law in May 2017 and allows for physician-patient relationships t
“Will doctors be more afraid to mail pills into Texas, even if they might be protected by shield laws because they don’t know if they’re protected by shield laws?” Ziegler said in an interview Friday. The lawsuit accuses New York Dr. Maggie Carpenter of v...
Over the weekend, the Texas governor signed into law legislation which significantly relaxed Texas's previously restrictive telemedicine laws. (2017 Texas Senate Bill no. 1107). To date, Texas law did not allow for the establishment of a practitioner-patient relationship through a remote consultation...
(4) Physicians at the University of Texas Medical Branch (5) have found that, in many instances, telemedicine can be a more efficient delivery system than traditional care for all the parties involved. (6) For instance, telemedicine can increase employer satisfaction by allowing employees to ...
Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Texas Attorney General Ken ...
Over the weekend, the Texas governor signed into law legislation which significantly relaxed Texas's previously restrictive telemedicine laws. (2017 Texas Senate Bill no. 1107). To date, Texas law did not allow for the establishment of a practitioner-patient relationship through a remote consultation...
Little is known, however, about who uses self-managed medication abortion in the US or the factors associated with the need or desire to self-manage. Insights have come from mixed-methods studies in Texas and from abortion clinics in major cities where individuals discuss self-management using ...
Access to medication abortion in the U.S. hangs in the balance after a Texas federal judge ruled last week to put the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone, one of the two drugs used inmedication abortion, on hold. ...
Although universal reimbursement through Medicare does not currently exist, coverage with regard to types of services and geographic area has been expanded in the past decade.13 Private payer reimbursement levels for telehealth services depend on state laws. Only 36 states and the District of Columbia...
For instance, states and federal laws of the United States do not allow sharing patients' records between states [85]. However, if telemedicine applications are necessary for health emergencies, the policies can be updated. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Health and Human Services of the ...